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Synonyms for cargo

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kahr-goh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr goʊ

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Définition of cargo

Origin :
  • 1650s, "freight loaded on a ship," from Spanish cargo "burden," from cargar "to load, impose taxes," from Late Latin carricare "to load on a cart" (see charge (v.)). South Pacific cargo cult is from 1949. Cargo pants attested from 1977.
  • noun baggage; something to be delivered
Example sentences :
  • When we got out the cargo, we found it much damaged, particularly the wheat.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We had an ordinary run to Charleston, and began to prepare for the reception of our cargo.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Our cargo was nearly out, and this man and I had a row about some kegs of white lead.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We got our cargo off in boats, and sailed for Batavia, to clear; all within a few weeks.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We arrived at Canton in due time, and found our cargo ready for us.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We now hove clear of the bank, restowed the cargo, and made sail for Batavia.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We got to the latter port without accident, and took in a cargo of cotton.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Still, he might have lost his ship and cargo, and we would have had no word to say.
  • Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr
  • It is not a cargo of Flemish skins that is coming for the old man.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The cargo was so large that, to this day, I cannot understand how it was that the boat did not sink.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

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