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Definition of Shipping company
1. Noun. A company that provides shipping services.
Definition of Shipping company
1. Noun. A company whose main line of business is ownership and operation of ships. ¹
2. Noun. line (The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shipping Company
Literary usage of Shipping company
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly by William Jay Youmans (1896)
"Although the stock of this receiving company is controlled by the same men that
control the stock of the shipping company, the shipping company sells coal ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1889)
"... induce, or incite emigration, or to furnish emigrants with their passage, or
mediate between them and the shipping company. ..."
3. The Statutes of Nova Scotia by Nova Scotia (1892)
"An Act to incorporate the Sydney shipping company ... by the name of the " Sydney
shipping company, Limited," with a common seal, and shall be hereafter ..."
4. Cases Decided in the Court of Session by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Shaw, Scotland, Court of Session (1832)
"Tor this breach of contract, Downe, Bell, and Mitchell raised an action of damages,
while the shipping company also raised a counter action, ..."
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