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shipment

[ship-muhnt]
noun
  1. an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  2. a quantity of freight or cargo shipped at one time.
  3. something that is shipped.
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Origin of shipment

First recorded in 1790–1800; ship1 + -ment
Related formsmis·ship·ment, nouno·ver·ship·ment, nounpre·ship·ment, nounsu·per·ship·ment, noun

Synonyms

3. consignment. See freight.
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British Dictionary definitions for misshipment

shipment

noun
    1. goods shipped together as part of the same lota shipment of grain
    2. (as modifier)a shipment schedule
  2. the act of shipping cargo
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Word Origin and History for misshipment

shipment

n.

1802, "act of shipping;" 1861, "that which is shipped;" see ship (v.) + -ment.

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