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car·go

(kär′gō)

n. pl. car·goes or car·gos

Freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle.

[Spanish, from cargar, to load, from Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus, a Gallic type of wagon; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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cargo

(ˈkɑːɡəʊ)

n, pl -goes or -gos

a. goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle; freight

b. (as modifier): a cargo vessel.

2. any load: the train pulled in with its cargo of new arrivals.

[C17: from Spanish: from cargar to load, from Late Latin carricāre to load a vehicle, from carrus car]

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car•go

(ˈkɑr goʊ)

n., pl. -goes, -gos.

1. the load of goods carried by a ship, airplane, etc.; freight.

2. cargos, pants or shorts having several pleated and flapped pockets to hold bulky gear and small items.

adj.

3. of or being a style of pants or shorts with pleated pockets.

[1640–50; < Sp: a load, n. derivative of cargar to load < Late Latin carricāre; see charge]

cargo

Commodities and supplies in transit. See also air cargo; dangerous cargo; essential cargo; immediately vital cargo; unwanted cargo; valuable cargo; wanted cargo. See also loading; chemical ammunition cargo; flatted cargo; general cargo; heavy-lift cargo; high explosive cargo; inflammable cargo; perishable cargo; special cargo; troop space cargo; vehicle cargo.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Cargo

a shipload, 1657; a load. See also burden.

Examples: cargo of brown sugar, 1705; of ginger, 1705; of lampoons, 1762; of novels, 1806.

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Noun

cargo - goods carried by a large vehicle

consignment, freight, lading, shipment, payload, load, loading

merchandise, product, ware - commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"

cargo

noun load, goods, contents, shipment, freight, merchandise, baggage, ware, consignment, tonnage, lading The boat calls at the main port to load its cargo of bananas.

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cargo

noun

Something carried physically:

burden, freight, haul, load.

Sports: impost.

Translations

حُمُولةحُمولَه، شَحْنَه

náklad

lastladning

lasti

teret

farmur

carico nave da carico

貨物

화물

krovinys

krava

tovor

last

สินค้า

kargo yük

hàng hóa

货物

cargo

[ˈkɑːgəʊ]

A. N (cargoes or (esp US) cargos (pl)) → cargamento m, carga f

B. CPD cargo boat N → buque m de carga, carguero m
cargo plane N → avión m de carga

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cargo

[ˈkɑː^rgəʊ] [cargoes] (pl) n → cargaison f, chargement mcargo boat n → cargo mcargo plane n → avion-cargo mcargo ship n → cargo mcar hire n (British) (= business) → location f de voitures; [of one car] → location f de voiture

cargo

n → (Schiffs)fracht or -ladung f, → Kargo m (spec); cargo boat → Frachter m, → Frachtdampfer m, → Frachtschiff nt

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cargo

[ˈkɑːgəʊ] n → carico

cargo

(ˈkaːgəu) – plural ˈcargoes – noun

a load of goods carried by a ship etc. a cargo of cotton.

cargo

→ حُمُولة náklad last Fracht φορτίο cargamento lasti cargaison teret carico 貨物 화물 vracht last ładunek carga груз last สินค้า kargo hàng hóa 货物

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And the cities, bright with lights, were as shops on these long streets--shops where business was transacted, where bunkers were replenished, cargoes taken or shifted, and orders received from the owners in London town to go elsewhere and beyond, ever along the long sea- lanes, seeking new cargoes here, carrying new cargoes there, running freights wherever shillings and pence beckoned and underwriters did not forbid.

Me managin' un all seas an' weather an' perils o' the deep a shup worth fufty thousand pounds, wuth cargoes ot times worth fufty thousand more--a hundred thousand pounds, half a million dollars uz the Yankees say, an' me wuth all the responsubility gettun' a screw o' twenty pounds a month.

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He used to go on the highway and rob rich wayfarers; and other times he would swoop down from his high castle on the hills of the Neckar and capture passing cargoes of merchandise.

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When the people of Boston heard that several cargoes of tea were coming across the Atlantic, they held a great many meetings at Faneuil Hall, in the Old South Church, and under Liberty Tree.

Parliament immediately passed an act, by which all vessels were forbidden to take in or discharge their cargoes at the port of Boston.

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State electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) said it may import liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet its gas requirement in 2013 as it was guaranteed only with supply of two cargoes of LNG from the Tangguh LNG plant.