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• shipment — ship‧ment [ˈʆɪpmənt] noun TRANSPORT 1. [countable] a load of goods sent by sea, road, train, or air: shipment of • A shipment of 1700 cars left for Italy. • The railroad company s coal shipments rose 15%. 2 …   Financial and business terms

• shipment — ship|ment [ ʃıpmənt ] noun * 1. ) count an amount of goods carried on a ship, airplane, train, or truck: illegal drug shipments shipment of: The spider was found in a shipment of bananas. 2. ) uncount the process of taking goods from one place to …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• shipment — ship|ment [ˈʃıpmənt] n [U and C] a load of goods sent by sea, road, or air, or the act of sending them shipment of ▪ a shipment of grain arms/oil/drug etc shipment ▪ an illegal arms shipment ▪ The goods are ready for shipment …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ship|ment — «SHIHP muhnt», noun. 1. the act of shipping goods: »A thousand boxes of oranges are ready for shipment. 2. the goods sent at one time to a person or company: »a shipment to Europe, a large shipment of nails. We received two shipments of boxes… …   Useful english dictionary

• Shipment — Ship ment, n. 1. The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is shipped. [1913 Webster] The question is, whether the share of M. in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• shipment — (n.) 1802, act of shipping; 1861, that which is shipped; see SHIP (Cf. ship) (v.) + MENT (Cf. ment) …   Etymology dictionary

• shipment — [ship′mənt] n. 1. the shipping or transporting of goods 2. goods shipped or consigned …   English World dictionary

• shipment — /ship meuhnt/, n. 1. an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo. 2. a quantity of freight or cargo shipped at one time. 3. something that is shipped. [1790 1800; SHIP + MENT] Syn. 3. consignment. See freight. * * * …   Universalium

• shipment — ship·ment …   English syllables

• shipment — ship•ment [[t]ˈʃɪp mənt[/t]] n. 1) an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo 2) a quantity of freight or cargo shipped at one time 3) something that is shipped • Etymology: 1790–1800 …   From formal English to slang

• ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …   Universalium