shipment
Americannoun
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shipments
plural
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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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Taiwan customs officials intercepted 56 servers, which were intended for shipment to Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
TAIPEI—Taiwan prosecutors charged nine people, including former employees of Nvidia and Super Micro Computer, with aiding the shipment of advanced artificial-intelligence servers to China, as Taiwan tries to limit technology reaching the mainland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Her store was hoping to receive a second shipment by Wednesday morning, with customers already calling to ask about their availability.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The pharmacist asked customers to check back later, saying another shipment of 500 pairs was expected that evening.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s like you got piped out in the same shipment.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
Those increases are expected for shipments next year, according to the publication.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The tsunami of parcels generated by low-cost e-commerce giants has also been dealt a fresh blow by the scrapping of US tax exemptions for individual shipments valued less than $800.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
And the subsequent Mozaic 5+ platform is expected to start shipments to be qualified with customers later next year, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The current new orders and shipments indexes both declined but remained above their long-run nonrecession averages, the report said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
That was not unusual, since monkeys die during shipments.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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