bill of lading
2
7.0
- noun
- /bɪl əv ˈleɪdɪŋ/
- Formal
:
conocimiento de embarque
- Proper completion of the manifest, receipt, or bill of lading showing proper documentation of waste disposal was recommended to limit the liability of the individual businesses (LHWMP in King County, 1994).
- copy the bill of lading
- manifests and bills of lading
- bill of lading—a document
Examples
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According to Korean practice, the written contract for the carriage is actually prepared by the parties in the inland sea carriage, and the bill of lading (L) is not issued.
Academic text (2017) -
- There's the insurance slip and there's the bill of lading.
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-We need all the bills of lading... ...from ships arriving from Africa in the last 3 months.
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Bills of lading for all ships that arrived from Africa during the last six months.
Fiction book (1995) -
An estimate is a document that, when signed by you and the moving company representative, serves as your order for service and bill of lading.
Blog text (34) -
He looks through it, docking receipts from various ports of call, bills of lading, etc.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the meantime, the shipper A, who did not pay the loading expense to the carrier, requested carrier B to issue the bill of lading in order to utilize it as security for receiving the cargo price from the consignee.
Academic text (2017) -
Complete disposal records, including manifests and certificates of destruction, minimize a generator's future liability, although CESQGs are required only to maintain receipts or bills of lading.
Academic text (2003) -
The authorities also require that the party bringing any such action provide documents related to infringing products or services, such as sales slips, invoices, shipping documents, bills of lading, insurance policies, etc., to prove that products bearing a counterfeited trademark or produced in violation of patent rights are being sold to the public or placed in commerce.
Academic text (1995) -
Before shipment, make sure to review the bill of lading to confirm the cargo details.
Synonyms
1
7.9
A document that lists goods being carried and shows delivery instructions and acts as a receipt
A shipping document that lists goods and their destination
How Commercial
- Formal
2
7.0
∞
2.8
50
3.3
- Formal
- Specialized
341
1.8
- Informal
7
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound follows a straightforward noun + of + noun composition: 'bill' (a document) + 'of' (relating to) + 'lading' (goods loaded for transport) yields a document relating to loaded goods. Although 'lading' is a less common word, if a B1 learner knows the constituent meanings the overall sense 'document acknowledging cargo/transport terms' is directly derivable and therefore transparent.
Etymology
Bill of lading comes from two older words: bill meaning a paper note and lading meaning the act of loading goods onto a ship. Traders used that paper bill to prove the cargo was 'loaded' and to show who owned the goods, so today a bill of lading is the official document that says goods were 'received' for shipment.