Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or business of transporting goods.
- n. The body of ships belonging to one port, industry, or country, often referred to in aggregate tonnage.
- n. Passage or transport on a ship.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of taking ship; a voyage.
- n. The act of sending freight by ship or other wise.
- n. Ships in general; ships or vessels of any kind for navigation; the collective body of ships belonging to a country, port, etc.; also, their aggregate tonnage: as, the shipping of the United Kingdom exceeds that of any other country: also used attributively: as, shipping laws.
Wiktionary
- n. The transportation of goods.
- n. The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry.
- n. Passage or transport on a ship.
- v. present participle of ship.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment.
- adj. Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods.
- n. The act of one who, or of that which, ships.
- n. The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
- n. Navigation.
WordNet 3.0
- n. conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
- n. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
Examples
“If you ar an experienced ebayer you will notice that if you buy a 99 cent item that the shipping is astronomical … SO, think carefully before considering ebay ….”
“We have fine machinery and ships, and our shipping is a source of income, of foreign exchange.”
“When Russia started mobilizing, Germany had to act or else she would have been wide open to invasion and defeat given the time delays and rail chokepoints involved in shipping millions of troops by rail and the supplies needed to sustain them.”
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“Design — visual, interactive or conceptual — requires unity; piecemeal solutions feel disjointed, uncomfortable and obvious when end up in shipping product.”
“The books are here, and shipping is imminent - today, we hope.”
“Yahoo has deals with four of the largest TV set manufacturers, Samsung, LG, Sony and Vizio, to bring the Widget network to flat-panel HDTVs that will begin shipping this spring.”
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“A portion of the funds go to fund world literacy, and shipping is free, though they don't have as big a selection as Amazon.”
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“Now Laura is on the hook for $79.85 worth of Snuggies and $47.70 in shipping charges.”
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“The item was insured and if it were damaged in shipping, I would refund him and take it up with UPS.”
“I finally received an explanation that the computer was "destroyed" in shipping and that the item was not as described.”
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