cargo
pronunciation
How to pronounce cargo in British English:
UK [ˈkɑːɡəʊ]
How to pronounce cargo in American English:
US [ˈkɑːrɡoʊ]
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- Noun:
- goods carried by a large vehicle
Word Origin
- cargo
- cargo: see charge
- cargo (n.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. What sets this journey apart is the cargo .
- 2. The cargo weighed 515 kilograms , or 1133 pounds .
- 3. Only then can it deliver its cargo .
- 4. About 90 percent of global cargo is now carried by container .
- 5. Remarkably , the precious cargo arrived entirely intact .