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shipment

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ship·ment  (shpmnt)
n.
1. The act or an instance of shipping goods.
2. A quantity of goods or cargo that are shipped together.

shipment [ˈʃɪpmənt]
n
1.
a.  goods shipped together as part of the same lot a shipment of grain
b.  (as modifier) a shipment schedule
2. the act of shipping cargo
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shipmentshipment - goods carried by a large vehicle    
merchandise, product, ware - commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"
2.shipment - the act of sending off something
departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing
reshipment - the act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship)
Translations
shipment [ˈʃɪpmənt] N (= act) → transporte m, embarque m; (= load) → consignación f; (= quantity) → cargamento m, remesa f

shipment [ˈʃɪpmənt] n
(= load) → cargaison f
(= sending) → expédition f

shipment
nSendung f; (of coal, grain, tractors)Transport m; (= transporting by sea)Verschiffung f; (= taking on board)Verladen nt

shipment [ˈʃɪpmənt] n (act) → spedizione f; (quantity) → carico
shipment [ˈʃɪpmənt] n (act) → spedizione f; (quantity) → carico

shipment شَخن بالسفن zásilka sending Ladung αποστολή remesa lähetys envoi pošiljka spedizione 積み荷 선적 zending forsendelse wysyłka carregamento отгрузка sändning จำนวนสินค้าที่ขนส่งทางเรือ yükleme hàng gửi 装船


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The hair on my trunk was soft and thick and youthful, when I got it ready for shipment in Hamburg; it was baldheaded when it reached Heidelberg.
The embarkation, or shipment of my progenitors, whichever may be the proper expression, occurred in the height of the last general war, and, for a novelty, it occurred in an English ship.
He always promised that it would be ready for the following week; after six months he announced the shipment of a case, and that was the end of it.
 
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