Definitions for shipment
ˈʃɪp məntship·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignmentnoun

   goods carried by a large vehicle

2. dispatch, despatch, shipmentnoun

   the act of sending off something

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shipmentnoun

   a load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship)

2. shipmentnoun

   the act of transporting goods

3. Etymology: ship + -ment

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1. shipment

   Shipment refers to the process of transporting goods, commodities, or cargo from one location to another. This can occur through various modes of transportation including land (trucks, trains), sea (ships), or air (planes). Typically, a shipment can include any quantity of goods, packaged and prepared for transport, ranging from small parcels to large scale commercial freight.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shipmentnoun

   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. Shipmentnoun

   that which is shipped

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shipment

   The act of shipping goods, or any other thing, on board a ship or vessel.

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1. shipment

   To transport or ship goods.

   The shipment was simple and cost effective.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 17, 2020  

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How to pronounce shipment?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say shipment in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shipment in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shipment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of shipment in a Sentence

1. Secretary Esper:

   On the first day, as President Donald Trump rightly said, we thought it might have been an attack, some of us speculated it could have been, for example, a Hezbollah arms shipment that blew up, maybe a Hezbollah bomb making facility, who knows ?

2. Mike Pompeo:

   Delaying this shipment could cause degraded systems and a lack of necessary parts and maintenance that could create severe airworthiness and interoperability concerns for our key partners, during a time of increasing regional volatility, these national security concerns have been exacerbated by many months of Congressional delay in addressing these critical requirements, and have called into doubt our reliability as a provider of defense capabilities, opening opportunities for State Mike Pompeo to exploit.

3. Sabri Teweila:

   Before the dollar crisis, we used to pay for the cost of raw materials by writing letters of credit ... We would then import the materials and pay the rest of the money after the shipment is received, now, it's obligatory to pay the entire cost before shipment. The economic crisis negatively affected agreements with foreign countries.

4. Patrick Youssef:

   Doctors and nurses have been... weeks without new supplies, running water, and electricity, this medical shipment will inject new stocks, help patients.

5. Jacques Champagne de Labriolle:

   The shipment is organized as the size of the French military intervention in CAR (Central African Republic) is being reduced, the Nigerian federal and airport authorities, being satisfied with the documents and the genuine character of the flight, have announced that the plane will be authorized to pursue its flight to N'Djamena.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shipment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shipment
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipment
5. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=shipment
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shipment