forwarding agent

noun

1. freight forwarder.

forwarding agent

noun

1. a person, agency, or enterprise engaged in the collection, shipment, and delivery of goods

Word History and Origins

Origin of forwarding agent¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The Venezuelan customs will not even allow the Maracaibo forwarding agent the same chops, as a general rule.

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We refuse to be a forwarding agent to any person; if a library, however small, asks us to send books, we are glad to do it.

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I engaged the services of Mr. Michael Wolohan, to go to Ireland, and act as forwarding agent.

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The commander of the post was more a forwarding agent than a military officer.

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Once I took some of my superfluous luggage to a forwarding agent in Palermo to have it sent to England by piccola velocità.

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