What does cargo mean?

Definitions for cargo
ˈkɑr goʊcar·go

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word cargo.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignmentnoun

    goods carried by a large vehicle

Wiktionary

  1. cargonoun

    Freight carried by a ship, aircraft etc.

  2. cargonoun

    (Papua New Guinea) Western material goods.

  3. Etymology: From cargo, from cargar, from carricare.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Cargonoun

    The lading of a ship; the merchandise or wares contained and conveyed in a ship.

    Etymology: charge, Fr.

    In the hurry of the shipwreck, Simonides was the only man that appeared unconcerned, notwithstanding that his whole fortune was at stake in the cargo. Roger L'Estrange.

    A ship, whose cargo was no less than a whole world, that carried the fortune and hopes of all posterity. Thomas Burnet, Theory.

    This gentleman was then a young adventurer in the republick of letters, and just fitted out for the university with a good cargo of Latin and Greek. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 494.

Wikipedia

  1. Cargo

    Cargo consists of goods conveyed by water, air, or land. In economics, freight is cargo that is transported at a freight rate for commercial gain. Cargo was originally a shipload but now covers all types of freight, including transport by rail, van, truck, or intermodal container. The term cargo is also used in case of goods in the cold-chain, because the perishable inventory is always in transit towards a final end-use, even when it is held in cold storage or other similar climate-controlled facility. The term freight is commonly used to describe the movements of flows of goods being transported by any mode of transportation.Multi-modal container units, designed as reusable carriers to facilitate unit load handling of the goods contained, are also referred to as cargo, especially by shipping lines and logistics operators. Similarly, aircraft ULD boxes are also documented as cargo, with an associated packing list of the items contained within. When empty containers are shipped each unit is documented as a cargo and when goods are stored within, the contents are termed containerized cargo.

ChatGPT

  1. cargo

    Cargo refers to goods or merchandise transported by ship, aircraft, train, van, or truck for commercial purposes. These goods can include raw materials, manufactured products, or any other items being transported from one place to another for sale, distribution, or delivery.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cargonoun

    the lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight

  2. Etymology: [Sp. cargo, carga, burden, load, from cargar to load, from cargar to load, charge, See Charge.]

Wikidata

  1. Cargo

    Cargo is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship or aircraft, although the term is now extended to intermodal train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most long-haul cargo transport.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Cargo

    kär′go, n. what a ship carries: its load. [Sp., from root of Car.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. cargo

    The merchandise a ship is freighted with.

Editors Contribution

  1. cargo

    Commodities, goods and products being transported.

    Cargo is shipped throughout the world daily.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CARGO

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cargo is ranked #25115 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Cargo surname appeared 988 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cargo.

    63.7% or 630 total occurrences were White.
    22% or 218 total occurrences were Black.
    6.2% or 62 total occurrences were Asian.
    4.6% or 46 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.3% or 23 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.9% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'cargo' in Nouns Frequency: #2993

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cargo in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cargo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of cargo in a Sentence

  1. Rahul Kapoor:

    One cargo loading at current elevated rate levels can not only finance the scrubber capex, but also account for extra costs incurred to install the scrubber at a later date.

  2. Michelle Wiese Bockmann:

    Any tanker with Iranian crude follows a similar pattern of behavior : they do that by turning off their AIS transponder, turning it on and off in order to circumvent being tracked, they have deliberately taken measures to circumvent identifying the ship's destination, location and cargo origin.

  3. Rhome Nuttall:

    I think it was that big thud. I think that was cargo that shifted and that caused the boat to flip.

  4. Khalid Hashim:

    If Indonesia bans tugs and barges from exporting coal then it will have to travel in larger cargo ships, of 32,000 to 64,000 tonnes, all this would of course be beneficial for shippers like us.

  5. Daniel Russel:

    If the world's most powerful navy cannot sail where international law permits, then what happens to the ships of navy of smaller countries?, if our warships can't exercise its legitimate rights under international law at sea, then what about the fishermen, what about the cargo ships? How will they prevent themselves from being blocked by stronger nations?

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