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ship·ment

 (shĭp′mənt)
n.
1. The act or an instance of shipping goods.
2. A quantity of goods or cargo that are shipped together.
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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
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ship•ment

(ˈʃɪp mənt)

n.
1. an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
2. a quantity of freight or cargo shipped at one time.
3. something that is shipped.
[1790–1800]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shipment - goods carried by a large vehicleshipment - 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)
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Translations
إرسال البَضائِع بالسَّفينَهشَحْنَةشُحْنَة بالسَّفينَه
lodní nákladlodní přepravazásilka
sending
lähetys
pošiljka
hajóba rakáshajórakomány
farmursending
積み荷
선적
lodná prepravalodný náklad
pošiljkaprevoz
sändning
จำนวนสินค้าที่ขนส่งทางเรือ
deniz yoluyla gönderilen malgemiyle mal göndermeyükleme
hàng gửi

shipment

[ˈʃɪpmənt] N (= act) → transporte m, embarque m; (= load) → consignación f; (= quantity) → cargamento m, remesa f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shipment

[ˈʃɪpmənt] n
(= load) → cargaison f
(= sending) → expédition f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shipment

nSendung f; (of coal, grain, tractors)Transport m; (= transporting by sea)Verschiffung f; (= taking on board)Verladen nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shipment

[ˈʃɪpmənt] n (act) → spedizione f; (quantity) → carico
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ship

(ʃip) noun
1. a large boat. The ship sank and all the passengers and crew were drowned.
2. any of certain types of transport that fly. a spaceship.
verbpast tense, past participle shipped
to send or transport by ship. The books were shipped to Australia.
ˈshipment noun
1. a load of goods sent by sea. a shipment of wine from Portugal.
2. the sending of goods by sea.
ˈshipper noun
a person who arranges for goods to be shipped. a firm of shippers.
ˈshipping noun
ships taken as a whole. The harbour was full of shipping.
ˈship-broker noun
1. an agent whose job is to buy or sell ships.
2. an insurance agent for ships.
ˈshipbuilder noun
a person whose business is the construction of ships. a firm of shipbuilders.
ˈshipbuilding noun
ˈshipowner noun
a person or company that owns a ship or ships.
ˌshipˈshape adjective
in good order. She left everything shipshape in her room when she left.
ˈshipwreck noun
1. the accidental sinking or destruction of a ship. There were many shipwrecks on the rocky coast.
2. a wrecked ship. an old shipwreck on the shore.
verb
We were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa.
ˈshipyard noun
a place where ships are built or repaired.
ship water
(of a boat) to let water in over the side. The boat shipped water and nearly capsized.
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shipment

شَحْنَة zásilka sending Ladung αποστολή envío, 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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References in classic literature ?
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.
Billy was looking for it, for the reason that at the rear of the wagon walked two magnificent work-horses which he had picked up for shipment to Oakland.
"I guess it's that shipment of explosives waiting down the river which has done most for you.
They are both in the employment of Harris & Sons, Moving and Shipment Company, Orange Master's Yard, Soho.
I know his express shipments, when he can't buy 'm in the towns."
All sorts of pleas for a reconsideration were made, but the packers were obdurate; and all the while they were reducing wages, and heading off shipments of cattle, and rushing in wagonloads of mattresses and cots.
The ACE Entry Type 86 Test "will allow CBP to address the growing volume of Section 321 low-valued shipments resulting from the global shift in trade to an e-commerce platform, test the new functionality in ACE, facilitate cross-border e-commerce and allow Section 321 low-valued shipments subject to PGA [partner government agency] data requirements to utilize a Section 321 de minimis entry process for the first time."
Summary: Shipments increased in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Japan
'May be this was the last shipment and they abandoned it because of the risk.
He has been blamed by BOC command center chief Gerardo Gambala for not putting data on the consignee of the shipment of 'shabu' (crystal meth) in the BOC system that determines whether a shipment should be put in the green or other lanes for processing.