shipment

American  

[ship-muhnt] / ˈʃɪp mənt /

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.

   Synonyms:

   consignment

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shipment British  

/ ˈʃɪpmənt /

noun

1. 1. goods shipped together as part of the same lot

      a shipment of grain

   2. ( as modifier )

      a shipment schedule

2. the act of shipping cargo

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Related Words

See freight.

Other Word Forms

• misshipment noun
• overshipment noun
• preshipment noun
• supershipment noun

Etymology

Origin of shipment

First recorded in 1790–1800; ship ¹ + -ment

Example Sentences

In February 2023, when the EU barred shipments of oil products from Russian ports into the bloc, those tankers flocked to Turkey.

From The Wall Street Journal

While walk-in pharmacies don’t make money until customers show up for their drugs, mail-order ones process the transactions when the automated shipments go out.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mexican shipments of data-processing equipment more than doubled this year, bolstered by the U.S. build-out of data centers and artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its wine selection benefits from shipments from small producers who don’t make enough to sell to all of Costco’s locations.

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Carriers said that most shipments get through and that only a small number are destroyed.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• cargo
• consignment
• delivery
• freight
• goods
• load
• purchase
• shipping
• transportation