SUPERCARGO

supercargo

(noun) an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

supercargo (plural supercargos or supercargoes)

An officer on board a merchant ship who has charge of the cargo and its turnover (or the senior of two if one has two, the other being the subcargo; usually historical, since nowadays a person with such a job would remain on shore).

Source: Wiktionary


Su`per*car"go, n. Etym: [Super- + cargo: cf. Sp. sobrecargo. Cf. Surcharge.]

Definition: An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of the voyage.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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