shipment

ship·ment

the shipping or transporting of goods
goods shipped or consigned

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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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Is the shipment ready?
A prominent feature in its trade is the shipment of live cattle.
In 1889 the first shipment of Argentine cattle, consisting altogether of 1930 steers, was sent to England.
Adra is the port of shipment for the lead obtained near Berja, 10 m.
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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