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To break bulk
Bulk Bulk (b[u^]lk), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b?lkast to be bulky. Cf. Boll, n., Bile a boil, Bulge, n.] 1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk. Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. --Bacon. 2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt. The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, ``to obtain what by labor can be obtained.' --J. Morley. 3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed. 4. The body. [Obs.] --Shak. My liver leaped within my bulk. --Turbervile. Barrel bulk. See under Barrel. To break bulk (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo. In bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold. Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks. Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure. Syn: Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness.

Meaning of To break bulk from wikipedia

- In shipping, break-bulk, breakbulk, or break bulk cargo, also called general cargo, are goods that are stowed on board ships in individually counted units...
- Look up break-bulk or break bulk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Break bulk or breaking bulk may refer to: Breakbulk cargo, a shipping term for any...
- In law, breaking bulk is the act of removing something from a package or parcel, or in any way destroying its entirety. It was thus important in connection...
- Bulk Barn Foods Limited (Bulk Barn) is Canada's largest bulk foods store. Founded in September 1982 by Carl Ofield. The store sells common to somewhat...
- marine terminals that service five business sectors: automobiles, break-bulk, bulk, containers, and cruise. Annacis Auto Terminals Richmond Auto Terminal...
- selling merchandise to, such persons or companies. Wholesalers frequently physically ****emble, sort, and grade goods in large lots, break-bulk, repack, and redistribute...
- over 24,000 TEU. There are two main types of dry cargo: bulk cargo and break bulk cargo. Bulk cargoes, like grain or coal, are transported unpackaged...
- enough volume of LTL freight may choose to use a full truckload carrier to move the freight directly to a break-bulk facility of an LTL carrier. For example...
- been designed to handle all types of cargo viz. containers, dry bulk, break bulk, liquid cargo and automobiles. Mundra Port has a capacity to handle 338...
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