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Shipping

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Noun

1. shipping, transport, transportation

the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

2. cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels, shipping

conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shipping

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noun
1. 
a. 
the business of transporting freight, esp by ship
b. 
(as modifier)
a shipping magnate
shipping line
2. 
a. 
ships collectively
there is a lot of shipping in the Channel
b. 
the tonnage of a number of ships
shipping for this year exceeded that of last

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Shipping

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noun
1. 
the act or business of sending or transporting goods
2. 
ships collectively, as of a nation, port, etc., esp. with reference to tonnage

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shipping

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n.
1.
a. The act or business of transporting goods.
b. An amount charged for transporting goods.
2. The body of ships belonging to one port, industry, or country, often referred to in aggregate tonnage.
3. Passage or transport on a ship.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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