Shipment meaning

shĭpmənt
shipments
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The shipping or transporting of goods.
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Goods shipped or consigned.
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The act or an instance of shipping goods.
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A quantity of goods or cargo that are shipped together.
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A load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship)

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The act of transporting goods.

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Origin of shipment

  • ship + -ment

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Shipment Sentence Examples

  • Is the shipment ready?

  • A prominent feature in its trade is the shipment of live cattle.

  • Adra is the port of shipment for the lead obtained near Berja, 10 m.

  • In 1889 the first shipment of Argentine cattle, consisting altogether of 1930 steers, was sent to England.

  • The same year he notified President Carranza, of Mexico, that the United States would not adopt his proposed Pan-American plan of stopping the shipment of food and munitions to all the European belligerents.

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