supracargo
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supracargo
- /ˈsuːpɹəˌkɑːɡəʊ/ UK
- /ˌsuːpɹəˈkɑːɡəʊ/ UK
- /ˈsupɹəˌkɑɹɡoʊ/ US
- /ˌsupɹəˈkɑɹɡoʊ/ US
Rhymes with (one pronunciation) -ɑːɡəʊ
Where it comes from
From English supra- (prefix meaning ‘above, over’) + borrowed from Italian sopracargo, a dialectal form of sopraccarico, from sopra- (prefix meaning ‘above, over’) + carico (“cargo”) (from caricare (“to load; to take aboard”), from Late Latin carricāre, the present active infinitive of carricō (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“cart, wagon; cartload”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”)) + -icō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)).
noun supracargos · supracargoes
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An officer on board a merchant ship who is in charge of the cargo and its sale; also, if there are two of such officers, the senior one, the other being the subcargo.
In a ſtorm, vvhen the Ship is in danger of periſhing, it is not lavvful for the Maſter at his ovvn diſcretion, vvithout advice firſt had vvith the Merchants or their Factors or Supracargoes, to caſt goods overboard for the Lightning the Veſſel, or to Cut dovvn the Maſt, or the like; but in caſe they
Similar: supercargo
- An agent or representative of a company in charge of its overseas business.
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noun officer on board a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale
| Español | sobrecargo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 화물 관리인 hwamul gwalliin |
| Português | sobrecarga |
| Français | subrécargue |
| Deutsch | Cargadeur |
| Русский | суперка́рго superkárgo |
| العربية | إِشْتِيَام ʔištiyām |
| עברית | מְמֻנֶּה עַל הַמִּטְעָן memuné al hamitán |
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title = {supracargo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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