Shipment
['ʃɪpm(ə)nt] or ['ʃɪpmənt]
Definition
(n.) The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.
(n.) That which is shipped.
Typist: Loretta
Examples
- When salt is sifted it is ready for packing in bags or packages suitable for shipment to the consumer. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Moore, who was continuing his searches in that country, was instructed to arrange for the cultivation and shipment of regular supplies of this particular species. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A shipment of eight gallons from New York to Washington for lecture purposes shrunk to three gallons in two days’ time. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In this shop the different groups of armor are assembled in the position they will occupy on the vessel for which they are intended, and inspected before shipment. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In this shop the different groups of armor are assembled in the positions they will occupy on the vessel and are finally inspected before shipment. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- After the hide is taken from the animal it is either dry cured, or else salted green, and packed for shipment or storage. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- By and by shipments were made on the new Erie Canal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Shipments were growing larger, and materials like grindstones, bought outside, had to be brought from the canal to Ilion Gulph. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Besides these factory shipments there are more than 300 loaded freight cars in transit each day from branch factories. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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