bill of lading

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bill of lading

n. pl. bills of lading Abbr. B/L

A document issued by a carrier to a shipper, listing and acknowledging receipt of goods for transport and specifying terms of delivery.

bill of lading

(Business / Commerce) (in foreign trade) a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment Usual US and Canadian name waybill

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bill of lading - a receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery

waybill

receipt - an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made

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bill of lading [ˌbɪləvˈleɪdɪŋ] n → polizza di carico

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The surgeon represented the case so affectionately to me that I yielded, and we took them both on board, with all their goods, except eleven hogsheads of sugar, which could not be removed or come at; and as the youth had a bill of lading for them, I made his commander sign a writing, obliging himself to go, as soon as he came to Bristol, to one Mr.

The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context

Off to the right, under another lantern, he could make out the Resident Commissioner's clerk and the Makambo's super-cargo heatedly discussing some error in the bill of lading.

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