shipping
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/
Noun

shipping

  1. The transportation of goods.
  2. The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry.
  3. Passage or transport on a ship.
  4. The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.
    The shipping' is included in the quoted price.
  5. Navigation.
    • c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene i]:
      God send 'em good shipping.
Translations Translations Translations Verb
  1. present participle of ship#English|ship



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