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Definition of cargo : The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.

Synonyms:

freight rate, charge, incubus, consignment, weight, warhead, committal, pack, loading, commitment, clog, freightage, heavy, encumbrance, impost, lode, haul, over, despatch, dispatch, incumbrance, onus

conveyance, carriage, luggage, freight, shipment, passage, transportation, shipping, cartage, forwarding, transference, truckage, baggage, haulage, transport

goods, produce, article, ware, merchandise, effects, commodity, stock, inventory, staple

lading, contents, load, payload, stowage, burden

Usage examples:

• You can't deny a cargo was run this morning. - "The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales", Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch.
• For if the nation can build warships, why can they not build cargo ships? - "Britain for the British", Robert Blatchford.
• So, giving a handful of stivers among the workmen, he bade them go ashore at once and have some beer and come next morning for the rest of the cargo. - "Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete", John Lothrop Motley.