'Cargo' definitions:
Definition of 'cargo'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Cargo'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Cargoes of food or clothing. --E. Everett. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The term cargo, in law, is usually applied to goods only, and not to live animals or persons. --Burill. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cargo'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baggage,
- bale,
- burden,
- burdening,
- burthen,
- carload,
- cartload,
- charge,
- charging,
- consignment,
- cross,
- cumber,
- cumbrance,
- deadweight,
- difficulty,
- disadvantage,
- drag,
- duty,
- embarrassment,
- encumbrance,
- freight,
- freightage,
- goods,
- hamper,
- handicap,
- haul,
- impediment,
- impedimenta,
- imposition,
- inconvenience,
- incubus,
- incumbency,
- lading,
- load,
- loading,
- luggage,
- lumber,
- merchandise,
- millstone,
- onus,
- oppression,
- overload,
- overtaxing,
- overweighting,
- pack,
- payload,
- penalty,
- pressure,
- saddling,
- shipload,
- shipment,
- superincumbency,
- surcharge,
- task,
- tax,
- taxing,
- trailerload,
- trainload,
- trouble,
- truckload,
- vanload,
- weight,
- white elephant