Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or an instance of shipping goods.
- noun A quantity of goods or cargo that are shipped together.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of despatching or shipping; especially, the putting of goods or passengers on board ship for transportation by water: as, invoices viséed at the port of shipment; goods ready for shipment.
- noun A quantity of goods delivered at one time for transportation, or conveyed at one time, whether by sea or by land; a consignment: as, large shipments of rails have been sent to South America.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of shipping.
- noun That which is shipped.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
load ofgoods that is transported by any method (not just by ship) - noun the act of
transporting goods
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun goods carried by a large vehicle
- noun the act of sending off something
Etymologies
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Examples
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Well, a day later, my shipment is also still sitting in the Amazon warehouse.
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Well I just got off the phone with a lady who may or may not get her immune globulin shipment this month, because she lost her job and the insurer is denying her claim, until such time as they get around to processing her COBRA application.
Matthew Yglesias » All Deficit Reduction Plans Involve Promises About Future Action 2010
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Parcel will be just 10-20 kg and value of shipment is around 2,000 USD.
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* When a shipment is opened or if the contents have been exposed to light
Boing Boing 2009
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The shipment is in Long Beach and should be here in Dallas by the 28th.
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Parcel will be just 10-20 kg and value of shipment is around 2,000 USD.
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Parcel will be just 10-20 kg and value of shipment is around 2,000 USD.
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The shipment is via Canadian Post (surface) with all proper insurance, included in your quoted price.
Questionable backing for silver certificates. Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2009
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He shows them how to employ diversionary tactics, including "accidentally" sinking an old boat on the Atlantic coast when a big drug shipment is coming in on the Gulf.
Barry Toll 2010
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The shipment is in Long Beach and should be here in Dallas by the 28th.
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