kāru  [KAR :   ]  (
 ; Sumerian origin ;)
[Humanities → Geography]
1) on a river : a quay, a bank, a pier ,a wall ;
2) the bank of a ditch ;
3) river or sea : a port, a haven, a harbour (on river or sea) / a harbor ; 
rab kāri : quay / port overseer ;
4)  a chamber of commerce ; 
 a trading colony ;
5) 
 : a trading colony ;
kārum Kaneš : Kaneš trading colony ;
status absolutus : kār kārma: colony by colony ;
6) 
 : customs ;
bīt kāru : customs house / 
 : a shop ;
7) 
 : the current price set by port authorities ;
Variants : karru