Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cargo brought back in return for or in place of merchandise previously sent out.
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Examples
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This is generally represented by cheese or vegetables, timber, peat, and stones, the last-named being a return-cargo for the repairing of dykes and the construction of quays.
Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough
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It will be good return-cargo material for ships taking colonists out to our other planets.
Operation: Outer Space Murray Leinster 1935
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