shipment
Americannoun
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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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Company owner Tatiana Kim has promised "not to abandon" the sellers, and she has offered temporary discounts and waived shipment fees, but this has done little to calm fears of further attacks.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Each new shipment of sod that arrived in refrigerated trucks costs about $250,000 — and teams likely would have to replace that sod at least once during an NFL season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Semiconductors remained the main drivers of shipment growth, the trade ministry said, with chip exports reaching a new monthly record of $44.82 billion in June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Prosecutors said in May they were investigating the shipment of "high-end" AI servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China, Macau and Hong Kong, in violation of US export controls.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
To make the time pass until the next shipment of food arrived, we told stories and played games.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
After the war began it stepped up shipments via pipeline to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, which has allowed it export some three quarters of its pre-war level.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Executives rushed to halt shipments then on their way to hundreds of Taco Bell’s 7,785 U.S. locations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Russia already had restrictions on shipments of gasoline and jet fuel before the outright ban.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The intense demand for server CPUs and rising memory-chip prices have cut into both PC production and shipments.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Her account book showed her six most recent sales, all shipments to the Underworld to decorate Hades and Persephone’s garden.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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