Definitions for "Shipment"
Freight transported or to be transported. [D03570] GAT
Any packages or envelopes that are picked up at one time, going from one Shipper's location to one Receiver's location on one Bill of Lading.
1. Delivery of cargo to a carrier for transportation. 2. The transportation of goods. 3. The property which is the subject of transportation.
Keywords:  bindery, sent, jobs, consists, group
shipment consists of one or more jobs which are sent to the bindery as a group.
Keywords:  wheat, london, coal, west, engaged
The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.
the act of sending off something
Keywords:  coffee, export, parcel, refer, term
Term used to refer to: (1) a parcel of coffee for export; and (2) an export of coffee.
Publications that are grouped together in a shipping box with a shipping list. A box generally contains several shipments.
That which is shipped.