Synonyms for cargo
ˈkɑr goʊcar·go

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1. cargonoun

   A burden (from the Anglo-Saxon byrthen, from the verb beran, bear) is what one has to bear, and the word is used always of that which is borne by a living agent. A load (from the Anglo-Saxon lād, a way, course, carrying, or carriage) is what is laid upon a person, animal, or vehicle for conveyance, or what is customarily so imposed; as, a two-horse load. Weight measures the pressure due to gravity; the same weight that one finds a moderate load when in his full strength becomes a heavy burden in weariness or weakness. A ship's load is called distinctively a cargo, or it may be known as freight or lading. Freight denotes merchandise in or for transportation and is used largely of transportation or of merchandise transported by rail, which is, in commercial language, said to be "shipped." A load to be fastened upon a horse or mule is called a pack, and the animal is known as a pack-horse or pack-mule.

   Synonyms:
   burden, charge, clog, encumbrance, freight, incubus, lading, load, pack, weight

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1. cargo

   Synonyms:
   freight, burden, load, consignment, merchandise, lading, goods

   Antonyms:
   conveyance, bearer, carrier

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

   goods carried by a large vehicle

   Synonyms:
   lading, despatch, committal, payload, consignment, freight, lode, dispatch, onus, freightage, burden, loading, commitment, incumbrance, encumbrance, load, shipment, warhead, freight rate

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1. • Merchandise

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1. cargonoun

   Synonyms:
   lading, freight, load, burden

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1. cargonoun

   Synonyms:
   freight, load, burden, lading, last

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1. List of paraphrases for "cargo":

   freight, goods, load, shipment, loading, burden, cargoes, consignment, upload, shipping, fret, airfreight, merchandise, charge, lading, debit, charging, all-cargo, commodity, freighter, payload

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1. Chief Executive Rupert Hogg:

   We've had great revenue growth, both cargo and passenger, as we look forward we can see the sort of gains in percentage growth terms that we've had, by definition it is more difficult to achieve that.

2. Colonel Aggrey Quarshie:

   The Ghana Navy responded swiftly with a patrol team to the area and they were able to overpower the pirates and free the ship. But when they got there, the cargo had already been transferred to another vessel.

3. Jonathan Daniels:

   That in itself will just overwhelm the port facilities, you're not able to get the cargo off the ports when you consider the backlogs within the rail and the road network.

4. Khalid Al Roudan:

   There is no need for all this panic because shipping lanes are still open and cargo flights continue. There are sufficient strategic food stockpiles for several months.

5. Gene Seroka:

   We're seeing cargo rushed out of factories onto ships and coming across the Pacific, and those landings will be complete probably [ in the ] back half of February here in Southern California.