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shipping

shipping

187 3.1
Business of moving goods by sea using large boats
  • noun
  • /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/
translation icon : transporte marítimo
  • The shipping industry plays a crucial role in global trade by transporting goods around the world.
  • shipping industry
  • shipping lanes
  • shipping channels

It's risk free with free shipping and free returns.

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Examples

  • Plus you get free shipping on all orders.

  • Finally, increased oil and gas exploration and the trans-Arctic shipping that comes with it will pose serious environmental risks.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The link is below and they have free shipping right now.

  • My dad was an executive at one of the shipping companies.

  • I took this photo of one of the shipping containers.

  • We have representatives from the shipping company with us, living on the upper boat deck.

  • Currently, the regulations of the United States and Canada relating to shipping are largely the same.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Standards 4 and 5 can be addressed with shipping activity and how it impacts the environment.

    Academic text (2008)
  • She works at this shipping company, and they have this management training program.

  • That's one fee, that's the shipping, the tracking, all of that one fee.

Synonyms

transport
vsshipping
576 2.2

A system that moves people or goods, often by vehicles

focuses on moving goods by water and includes the vessels used
transportation
vsshipping
  • US
557 1.6

Moving people or goods from one place to another

is specific to moving goods by sea and includes the vessels involved
freightage
vsshipping
  • Specialized
7.7

The transport of large amounts of goods by ship or truck for pay

emphasizes moving goods by sea and the vessels rather than bulk pricing

Compounds

A business that sends goods by boat between countries

shipping office
  • Specialized
1 3.3

A place where agents hire sailors for work on ships

A person who checks and prepares goods to send or receive at a warehouse

shipping agent
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A person or company that arranges cargo, customs, and port services for a ship

shipping fever
  • Specialized
7.7

A serious illness in cattle or sheep after long travel that causes high fever and lung infection

shipping pneumonia
  • Specialized
7.6

A severe lung infection in cattle and sheep after long transport

A room where workers pack and prepare boxes to send

9.1

A formal contract between the ship's captain and crew that states duties, pay, and working conditions during a voyage

How Comprehensive

fulfillment
  • Specialized
8 3.7
shipping
187 3.1
packing
30 1.1

Surface Forms

shipping singular
shippings plural

Morphology

shipping = ship (transparent) = ship + ing

Standard gerund/nominalization of the verb 'ship' meaning transporting goods; learners who know 'ship' + '-ing' can infer this meaning.

Etymology

Shipping comes from ship 'boat' and the action ending -ing, so it originally meant the act of moving goods by boat and now names the business of transporting goods, especially by sea.