cargo

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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

Cargo was checked, inventoried and strapped in. — The Colors of Space, Marion Zimmer Bradley
"The cargo is unloaded, sir," the newcomer reported. — Triplanetary, E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
The ship struck upon a rock, and the cargo was lost. — Favorite Fairy Tales, Unknown

lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment

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