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English Dictionary: cargo by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cargo
n
  1. goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cargo \Car"go\, n.; pl. {Cargoes}. [Sp. cargo, carga, burden,
      load, from cargar to load, from cargar to load, charge, See
      {Charge}.]
      The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods,
      merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat;
      load; freight.
  
               Cargoes of food or clothing.                  --E. Everett.
  
      Note: The term cargo, in law, is usually applied to goods
               only, and not to live animals or persons. --Burill.
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