SHIPPING


Meaning of SHIPPING in English

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1.

Shipping is the transport of cargo as a business, especially on ships.

...the international shipping industry...

The Greeks are still powerful players in world shipping.

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2.

You can refer to the amount of money that you pay to a company to transport cargo as shipping .

It is $39.95 plus $3 shipping.

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3.

You can refer to ships as shipping when considering them as a group.

They sent naval forces to protect merchant shipping.

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