SHIPMENT


Meaning of SHIPMENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃɪpmənt ]

( shipments)

1.

A shipment is an amount of a particular kind of cargo that is sent to another country on a ship, train, aeroplane, or other vehicle.

Food shipments could begin in a matter of weeks.

...a shipment of weapons.

N-COUNT : usu N n , N of n

2.

The shipment of a cargo somewhere is the sending of it there by ship, train, aeroplane, or some other vehicle.

Bananas are packed before being transported to the docks for shipment overseas.

N-UNCOUNT

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