cargo UK /ˈkɑːɡəʊ/US /ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/noun 2verb 1forms 4 noun2 •the load of goods that a ship, plane or truck moves from one place to anotherThe plane was overloaded with cargo. It was a cargo of live animals. •Western material goods.In this study of colonial and postcolonial Fiji, Martha Kaplan examines the effects of narratives made real and traces a complex history that began neither as a search for cargo, nor as a cult. — 1995 verb1 •To load with freight. formscargoed · cargoing · cargos · cargoes