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Definition of Shipping
1. Noun. The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials.
Exact synonyms: Transport, Transportation
Group relationships: Commerce, Commercialism, Mercantilism
Generic synonyms: Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Specialized synonyms: Air Transport, Air Transportation, Navigation, Hauling, Truckage, Trucking, Freight, Freightage, Express, Expressage, Ferry, Ferrying
Examples of category: On-line, Online, Off-line
Derivative terms: Ship, Transport, Transport, Transport
Group relationships: Commerce, Commercialism, Mercantilism
Generic synonyms: Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Specialized synonyms: Air Transport, Air Transportation, Navigation, Hauling, Truckage, Trucking, Freight, Freightage, Express, Expressage, Ferry, Ferrying
Examples of category: On-line, Online, Off-line
Derivative terms: Ship, Transport, Transport, Transport
2. Noun. Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry.
Exact synonyms: Cargo Ships, Merchant Marine, Merchant Vessels
Generic synonyms: Conveyance, Transport
Generic synonyms: Conveyance, Transport
Definition of Shipping
1. a. Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.
2. n. The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
Definition of Shipping
1. the business of one that ships [n -S]