freight forwarder

noun

a person or firm that arranges to pick up or deliver goods on instructions of a shipper or a consignee from or to a point by various necessary conveyances and common carriers.

Origin of freight forwarder

First recorded in 1920–25

Also called forwarder, forwarding agent.

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