Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To transfer or be transferred from one conveyance to another for reshipment or reexport.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
tranship .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To transfer from one ship or conveyance to another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
transfer something from onevessel orconveyance to another foronward shipment . - verb intransitive, of goods To
be transferred from onevessel orconveyance to another foronward shipment .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another
Etymologies
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Examples
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"It was clear to me after my conversations with people on high that indeed we had agreed that the Israelis could transship to Iran some American-origin military equipment," Veliotes said.
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"It was clear to me after my conversations with people on high that indeed we had agreed that the Israelis could transship to Iran some American-origin military equipment," Veliotes said.
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The complaint unsealed last week implicated 14 people -- and drew a seamy portrait of Chinese brokers happy to create false paperwork and transship weapons through third countries.
A Sting For Beijing 2008
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Saddam had plenty of time to destroy stockpiles, or hide and/or transship them particularly lightweight, small volume biological agents.
Obama echoes the phrase that made me turn against Kerry. Ann Althouse 2008
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It would be cheaper to ship those goods directly to Canada than to transship them overland by diesel truck.
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Mexican seaports often are used to transship cargo, meaning that containers from a third country are unloaded there, then placed on another ship bound for the United States or transferred to rail cars and trucks to cross the 2,000-mile-long land border ... 9,000 trucks a day enter US. '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Experts worry trucks from Mexico may be at risk for attack 2007
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Some are businessmen, paying off Taliban soldiers and risking roving bandits to transship profitable goods.
Crossing The Line 2007
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Mexican seaports often are used to transship cargo, meaning that containers from a third country are unloaded there, then placed on another ship bound for the United States or transferred to rail cars and trucks to cross the 2,000-mile-long land border ... 9,000 trucks a day enter US.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Experts worry trucks from Mexico may be at risk for attack 2007
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And it was clear to me after my conversations with people on high that indeed we had agreed that the Israelis could transship to Iran some American-origin military equipment.
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And it was clear to me after my conversations with people on high that indeed we had agreed that the Israelis could transship to Iran some American-origin military equipment.
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