- the shipping or transporting of goods
- goods shipped or consigned
shipment
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shipment
noun
- The act or an instance of shipping goods.
- A quantity of goods or cargo that are shipped together.
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Noun
(plural shipments)
- a load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship)
- the act of transporting goods
Origin
ship + -ment
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