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Added 9 October 2026

cargo

/ˈkɑːɡəʊ/ noun

In Latin: onus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cargo at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
The plane was overloaded with cargo. It was a cargo of live animals.
Western material goods.

verb

To load with freight.

Origin

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

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