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shipment - 3 dictionary results

ship⋅ment

[ship-muhnt]
–noun
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.

Origin:
1790–1800; ship + -ment


3. consignment. See freight.
ship·ment   (shĭp'mənt)   
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of shipping goods.
  2. A quantity of goods or cargo that are shipped together.

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.

2. That which is shipped.

The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle. --Story.
Language Translation for : shipment
Spanish: consignación,
German: die Schiffsladung,
Japanese: 船荷
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