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ship·per
(shĭp′ər)n.
One that consigns or receives goods for transportation.
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shipper
(ˈʃɪpə)n
(Professions) a person or company in the business of shipping freight
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ship•per
(ˈʃɪp ər)n.
a person who makes shipments.
[1745–55]
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Noun | 1. | shipper - someone who ships goods bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise |
2. | shipper - a company in the business of shipping freight company - an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage" |
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Translations
مُرْسِل البَضائِع، شاحِن
lodní dopravce
speditør
hajófuvarozó
flutningamiîlari
lodný dopravca
nakliyeci
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shipper
n (= company) → Speditionsfirma f
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ship
(ʃip) noun1. 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.
verb – past tense, past participle shipped – to send or transport by ship. The books were shipped to Australia.
ˈshipment noun1. 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 noun1. 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 nounˈshipowner 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 noun1. 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.
verbWe 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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