reship

American  

[ree-ship] / riˈʃɪp /

verb (used with object)

reshipped, reshipping

1. to ship again.

2. to transfer from one ship to another.

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verb (used without object)

reshipped, reshipping

1. to go on a ship again.

2. (of a member of a ship's crew) to sign up for another voyage.

Other Word Forms

• reshipment noun

Etymology

Origin of reship

First recorded in 1645–55; re- + ship ¹

Example Sentences

The Indeed website warns: “During the holiday season, scammers might also seek gift wrappers. In this variation of the reshipping scam, you’d receive a package at your home, gift wrap it and then reship it.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2021

It ricocheted, producing so many Amazon orders that Hyperion had to reship hardcovers.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2010

It was easier and cheaper to buy the German-made product and reship it than to produce the same article at home.

From The War After the War by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

It is seldom indeed that you find anything like so large a proportion of men ready to reship at once.

From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

England reserves the right to import and reship American products, yet it sells more than three million pounds and Ireland and Scotland two million pounds sterling of products in America.

From Achenwall's Observations on North America by Rosengarten, J. G. (Joseph George)