shipping
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shipping¹
- /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/
- /ˈʃɪpiŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪpɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from schippen, schipen (“to take ship, navigate”), from Old English scipian (“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship + -ing.
noun shippings
- The transportation of goods. From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
- The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively. Our overplus of shipping will we burn; / And, with the rest full-mann’d, from the head of Actium / Beat the approaching Caesar.
- Passage or transport on a ship.
- The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services. The shipping is included in the quoted price.
- Navigation. God send 'em good shipping.
shipping²
- /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/
- /ˈʃɪpiŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪpɪŋ
Where it comes from
From ship + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of ship
shipping³
- /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/
- /ˈʃɪpiŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪpɪŋ
Where it comes from
Clipping of relationshipping.
noun
- The desire by followers of a fandom for two or more people, either real-life people or fictional characters, to be in a romantic or sexual relationship.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: transportation, merchant marine, transport, cargo ships, merchant vessels, shipment, transshipment, freight, traffic, cargo, carrying, airfreight, freighter, haulage, conveyance, trucking
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noun transportation of goods
| Español | envío, transporte |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 運輸 /运输 yùnshū, 航運 /航运 hángyùn |
| Português | remessa, transporte, envio |
| Français | expédition, envoi |
| Deutsch | Schifffahrt |
| Русский | перево́зка perevózka, доста́вка dostávka, отпра́вка otprávka |
noun cost of sending goods
| Español | gastos de envío, gastos de transporte |
|---|---|
| Português | taxas de envio |
| Français | frais de port, frais de transport, transport, frais de livraison |
| Deutsch | Versandkosten, Transportkosten |
| Italiano | spese di spedizione |
| Ελληνικά | έξοδα αποστολής éxoda apostolís |
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title = {shipping},
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