What does shipment mean?we found 4 entries for the meaning of shipment
 

Shipment \Ship"ment\, n.

1. 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. [1913 Webster]

2. That which is shipped. [1913 Webster]

The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle. --Story. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

shipment

noun

1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, consignment]
2: the act of sending off something [syn: dispatch, despatch]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Shipment \Ship"ment\, n.

1. 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.

2. That which is shipped.

The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle. --Story.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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