Shipment - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈʃɪpmənt|  American pronunciation of the word shipment
Brit.  |ˈʃɪpm(ə)nt|  British pronunciation of the word shipment

noun

- goods carried by a large vehicle (syn: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, payload)
- the act of sending off something (syn: despatch, dispatch)

Extra examples

We sent out another shipment of books.

My order was delivered in two shipments.

This box is ready for shipment.

Your freight is the only shipment on board.

A shipment of medical supplies is expected to arrive very soon.

It generally takes about a month for the shipment to arrive.

The shipment of tools arrived at the dock in cargo containers yesterday.

...the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market...

The shipment of apples was consigned to London.

The goods were carefully weighed at the time of shipment.

The shipment was escorted by guards.

The customer acknowledged receipt of a shipment.

The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment

Word forms

noun
singular: shipment
plural: shipments
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