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ShippingShip Ship, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shipped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shipping.]
1. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for
transportation; to send by water.
The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia,
from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium.
--Knolles.
2. By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any
conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship
freight by railroad.
3. Hence, to send away; to get rid of. [Colloq.]
4. To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to
ship seamen.
5. To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
6. To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder. Shipping
Shipping Ship"ping, a.
1. Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or
employment; as, shiping concerns.
2. Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as,
a shipping clerk.
Meaning of SHIPPING from wikipedia
- of
transporting commodities and
merchandise goods and cargo. The term
shipping originally referred to
transport by sea but in
American English, it has...
- used in
modern domestic shipping within North America to
describe the
point at
which a
seller is no
longer responsible for
shipping costs.
Ownership of a...
- The
Shipping News is a
novel by
American author E.
Annie Proulx and
published by
Charles Scribner's Sons in 1993. It won the
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction...
- Drop
shipping is a form of
retail business in
which the
seller accepts customer orders without keeping stock on hand. Instead, in a form of
supply chain...
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Shipping insurance is a
service which may
reimburse senders whose parcels are lost, stolen, and/or
damaged in transit. In
Canada and the US,
shipping...
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Several shipping lines are
involved in
intermodal freight transport as part of
international trade. This is a list of the 30
largest container shipping companies...
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Shipping (derived from the word relationship) is the
desire by
followers of a
fandom for two or more people,
either real-life
people or
fictional characters...
- A
shipping container is a
container with
strength suitable to
withstand shipment, storage, and handling.
Shipping containers range from
large reusable...
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Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.,
branded as MSC, is an
international shipping line
founded by
Gianluigi Aponte in
Italy in 1970. The
company is owned...
- The
Shipping Forecast is a BBC
Radio broadcast of
weather reports and
forecasts for the seas
around the
British Isles. It is
produced by the Met Office...
