shipment
Americannoun
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an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
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a quantity of freight or cargo shipped at one time.
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something that is shipped.
- Synonyms:
- consignment
noun
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goods shipped together as part of the same lot
a shipment of grain
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( as modifier )
a shipment schedule
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the act of shipping cargo
Related Words
See freight.
Other Word Forms
- misshipment noun
- overshipment noun
- preshipment noun
- supershipment noun
Etymology
Origin of shipment
Example Sentences
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For merchants like Amberjack, even a seemingly small increase in the cost per shipment can add up to thousands of dollars each month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The company also continues to see gains in weight per shipment, which is “often an early indicator of improving underlying demand, particularly from industrial customers,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The shipment, first reported by the Financial Times, is due to arrive on Thursday or Friday.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
George Shaw, senior insight analyst at Kpler, said the shipment arriving this week was loaded at a refinery in the Red Sea and did not pass the Strait of Hormuz.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Eisman left work at noon every Wednesday so that he might be present at Midtown Comics when the new shipment of stories arrived.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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