shipment
Americannoun
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an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
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a quantity of freight or cargo shipped at one time.
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something that is shipped.
- Synonyms:
- consignment
noun
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goods shipped together as part of the same lot
a shipment of grain
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( as modifier )
a shipment schedule
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the act of shipping cargo
Synonym Usage
See freight.
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Etymology
Origin of shipment
Example Sentences
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Shipment indexes grew moderately, though order backlog and material inventories indexes decreased slightly, the Kansas City Fed said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
Activists also recently called attention to Amazon’s decision to quietly drop one of its climate goals, Shipment Zero, a pledge to make 50% of its deliveries net-zero by 2030.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023
Shipment numbers were down from 25.6 million in August 2020 and 27.8 million in July 2021, according to the CAICT, a state-backed think tank.
From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2021
A linear equation that represents the price of stock for Shipment Express is y = 15 – 1.5x where x is the number of hours passed in an eight-hour day of trading.
From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013
Shipment of 40 orphans from the CDA for transport South.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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