cargo

Definition

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga.

Example Sentences

• "The plane was overloaded with cargo. It was a cargo of live animals."
• ""[…]her whole and entire cargo; and, also, all such other cargoes and property as may have been landed in the island of Teneriffe,[…]""
• ""[…]but human life is worth more than ships or cargos.""