What does Shipping mean?

Definitions for Shipping
ˈʃɪp ɪŋship·ping

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Shipping.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. transportation, shipping, transportnoun

    the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

  2. shipping, cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vesselsnoun

    conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry

Wiktionary

  1. shippingnoun

    The transportation of goods.

  2. shippingnoun

    The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry.

  3. shippingnoun

    Passage or transport on a ship.

  4. shippingnoun

    The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Shippingnoun

    Etymology: from ship.

    Before Cæsar’s invasion of this land, the Britons had not any shipping at all, other than their boats of twigs covered with hides. Walter Raleigh.

    The numbers and courage of our men, with the strength of our shipping, have for many ages past made us a match for the greatest of our neighbours at land, and an overmatch for the strongest at sea. William Temple.

    Fishes first to shipping did impart;
    Their tail the rudder, and their head the prow. Dryden.

    They took shipping and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. Jo. vi. 24.

ChatGPT

  1. shipping

    Shipping refers to the process of transporting goods, commodities, or parcels from one location to another. This can be done through various modes, such as via land (trucks, trains), air (planes), or sea (ships). The term not only covers the physical movement of products but also includes the related tasks such as packing, handling, storage, and customs procedures.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shipping

    of Ship

  2. Shippingadjective

    relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns

  3. Shippingadjective

    relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk

  4. Shippingnoun

    the act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool

  5. Shippingnoun

    the collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage

  6. Shippingnoun

    navigation

Editors Contribution

  1. shipping

    The social enterprise of moving commodities, goods, products and materials.

    The shipping costs are affordable.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 19, 2020  


  2. shippingverb

    Verb form of the word ship.

    Shipping is affordable and used by so many companies globally.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 19, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Shipping in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Shipping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Shipping in a Sentence

  1. Andreas Sohmen-Pao:

    A maritime green fund could accelerate decarbonization in shipping, support scaling and infrastructure to deliver new fuels, while taking into consideration the impact on trade and developing states, we have a responsibility as an industry to do something.

  2. Assistant Attorney General Caldwell:

    Rodrigo Tovar-Pupo funded his violent and dangerous paramilitary organization by reaping the profits of manufacturing and shipping thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States, his actions did untold damage to the United States and Colombia.

  3. The USPS:

    The Governors believe these new rates will keep The Postal Service competitive while providing the agency with needed revenue, the Postal Service has some of the lowest letter mail postage rates in the industrialized world and also continues to offer a great value in shipping.

  4. Kirsten Moy:

    We were finding vessels, and abandoned shipping containers.

  5. Natalie Monarrez:

    Free shipping isn't free, it comes at huge costs to the people who make it possible for us to get our stuff.

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