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Webster 1913 Edition
Shipping
Ship′ping
,Adj.
1.
Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment;
as,
. shiping
concerns2.
Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods;
as, a
. shipping
clerkShip′ping
,Noun.
1.
The act of one who, or of that which, ships;
as, the
. shipping
of flour to Liverpool2.
The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
3.
Navigation.
“God send ’em good shipping.” Shak.
Shipping articles
, articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc.
Bouvier.
– To take shipping
, to embark; to take ship.
[Obs.]
John vi. 24.
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shipping
SHIP'PING
,ppr.
1. Putting on board of a ship or vessel; receiving on board.
2. a. Relating to ships; as shipping concerns.
SHIP'PING
,Noun.
Definition 2025
shipping
shipping
English
Noun
shipping (countable and uncountable, plural shippings)
- The transportation of goods.
- 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
- 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.
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- The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry.
- Passage or transport on a ship.
- The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.
- Navigation.
- Shakespeare
- God send 'em good shipping.
- Shakespeare
Derived terms
Translations
transportation of goods
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body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry
passage or transport on a ship
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cost of sending goods
Etymology 2
Verb
shipping
- present participle of ship