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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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
Foreign Minister Yvan Gil meanwhile reported Sunday on his Telegram account that an aid shipment from Russia had arrived.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 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
Papa said he would ready a shipment of clothing, money, and other necessaries and send it along just as soon as he could.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
Though the U.S. government has approved some licenses for H200 shipments to China-based customers, Nvidia said on its earnings call in May that it has “yet to generate any revenue” there.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
This more than offset the expected drop in shipments, which was due to model changeovers, the bank says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Hormuz closure has only lent greater significance to the Red Sea, the only other maritime route for oil shipments from global heavyweight Saudi Arabia.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said in March that the import-dependent archipelago planned to boost the output of its coal-fired power plants to keep electricity costs down as the war wreaked havoc with gas shipments.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
What is less known is that at the close of the Southern African conflict, this same general had been discreetly retired, and he had then entered business, dealing in shipments from Southern Africa.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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