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warehousing

[ wair-hou-zing ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
  2. the pledging as security, to a commercial bank, of a long-term mortgage for a short-term loan.


warehousing

/ ˈwɛəˌhaʊzɪŋ /

noun

  1. stock exchange an attempt to maintain the price of a company's shares or to gain a significant stake in a company without revealing the true identity of the purchaser. Shares are purchased through an insurance company, a unit trust, or nominees


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Word History and Origins

Origin of warehousing1

First recorded in 1785–95; warehouse + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

Its services now also cover warehousing and fulfillment, middle-mile logistics and online distribution.

His smart warehousing company enables same-day delivery for smaller brands looking to compete with Amazon and Walmart.

From Fortune

Momentum builds for bipartisan $908 billion stimulus package as more GOP senators express supportIn November, job gains were driven by 145,000 jobs added in transportation and warehousing, with more modest growth in other industries.

Some of those assets in warehousing are probably getting quite expensive now.

From Fortune

Adding Future Group’s retail, wholesale, logistics, and warehousing units would more than cement that position.

From Fortune

A company called Public Warehousing Company of Kuwait was already transporting military food into Iraq.

Jobs in the publishing world will shift away from old-line manufacturing and warehousing to technology, editorial, and creative.

Deposit, especially warehousing of grain, was charged for at one-sixtieth.

Hence in liming, bating, tanning, drying and in warehousing there are increased efforts to make a quicker turnover.

The goods are occasionally turned over to the customer for warehousing purposes against the so-called "trust receipt."

I see her warehousing three of them, the only varieties, in fact, that I know in my district.

Which, being translated, means of course generous warehousing rooms, of one sort or another.

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