shipping

Definition

  • noun: the act or business of sending goods to people, stores, etc.
  • noun: passage on a ship
  • synonyms: tonnage, navigation, ships

Examples

  • What do you charge for 'shipping and handling'? [=for packaging and sending something to a customer]

  • international 'shipping' lanes [=paths through the sea that commercial ships can take]

  • a 'shipping clerk' [=a person whose job involves shipping things]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) to Port Hueneme or Santa Paula, it's about miles, and we do a deal with Union Oil. This is what we do. Then we don't need the railroads and their shipping costs anymore. You see? Yeah. -You see that? -Yeah. Then we're making money. We're making the real money. What we should be making. Not just... Not just throwing it away on shipping costs. Otherwise, it's just mud. How much are we going to pay them? Who's that? The Sunday family. I'm not going to give them oil prices. (..)
    2007 There Will Be Blood