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 an e-commerce shipment weighing 2 pounds, the fuel surcharges amount to about $2 out of an average $9.50 total shipping cost, according to ShipMatrix.
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
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
The last shipment of jet fuel in transit from the Middle East to the UK is due to arrive this week, according to data firm Vortexa.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Waiting on August to open a box containing the new shipment of Black Madonna labels, I studied a piece of honeycomb.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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