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reship

American  
[ree-ship] / riˈʃɪp /

verb (used with object)

reshipped, reshipping
  1. to ship again.

  2. to transfer from one ship to another.


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


Etymology

Origin of reship

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


Example Sentences

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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

I had taken passage on one of the regular steamers from Manila to Hong Kong, and was to reship from there.

From Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos by Sargent Kayme

You can reship from anywhere to anywhere, once you are clear of Marseilles.

From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by Edward Lucas White

As the traveler turned and called a porter to reship his baggage, he was met by a lady, who greeted him with the cordiality of an old acquaintance and a volley of questions.

From Their Pilgrimage by Charles Dudley Warner

Oil is more complicated because it can be reshipped, blended, refined or relabeled to conceal its Russian origin.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2022

The oil embargo will present still more difficulties: Oil can be reshipped, blended, refined or relabeled to conceal its Russian origin.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2022

For the second sale, they falsely restamped and reshipped metal they had agreed to replace.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 29, 2019

The daughter then reshipped the unopened package from South Korea to Japan, along with some household goods.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2015

The products of the French colonies, for example, could be loaded on board of American vessels, taken to the United States and reshipped there for France as American property.

From James Madison by Sydney Howard Gay

Such “jobs” range from reshipping products to selling them to friends and require applicants to pay for certifications, software or starter kits.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 27, 2023

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

Consumer watchdogs are warning of an uptick in jobs scams, such as reshipping scams, as unemployed workers try to find jobs from home during the pandemic.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2021

Though Spain forbade direct foreign exports to its colonies, merchants evaded the barrier by bringing foreign goods to Spain before reshipping them to America.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

One who attends to the shipping and reshipping of   goods.

From Business Hints for Men and Women by Alfred Rochefort Calhoun

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