Definition of shipping Shipping

/ʃɪˈpɪŋ/ - [shiping] - ship•ping

We found 16 definitions of shipping from 6 different sources.

What does shipping mean?

Noun Plural: shippings
shipping - conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
		cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels
shipping - the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
		transportation, transport
		business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
		commercialism, mercantilism, commerce an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
		air transport, air transportation transportation by air
		navigation the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
		hauling, trucking, truckage the activity of transporting goods by truck
		freightage, freight transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
		expressage, express rapid transport of goods

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shipping (Noun)
The transportation of goods.
shipping (Noun)
The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry.
shipping (Noun)
Passage or transport on a ship.
shipping (Noun)
The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.
shipping (Verb)
Present participle of ship.

shipping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ship
shipping (a.)
Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.
shipping (a.)
Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.
shipping (n.)
The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
shipping (n.)
The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
shipping (n.)
Navigation.

shipping
The transport and movement of goods, people and animals over water.

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