单词 | return cargo |
释义 | > as lemmasreturn cargo return cargo n. ΚΠ 1760 Lords Commissioners of Appeals for Prizes: Elizabeth Galley 1 To sell and dispose of the said Goods, and with the Produce thereof, to purchase for them a Return Cargo for Rotterdam. 1781 D. Ross Let. 17 Mar. in T. Jefferson Papers (1952) V. 170 That the Agent for the Public abroad have the Liberty to ship a like Proportion of the Return Cargo. 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 51 Sufficient for a return Cargo. 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 23/2 The return cargo was generally more valuable than the investments. 1920 Times 9 Apr. 9/3 In the performance of this task he is devoting the resources of his organization to securing return cargoes. 2000 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 120 691/2 The first Dutch ship that made a voyage to the Persian Gulf in the nineteenth century (in 1824) took among its return cargo 300 kg of opium. < as lemmas |
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