shipping
pronunciation
How to pronounce shipping in British English:
UK [ˈʃɪpɪŋ]
How to pronounce shipping in American English:
US [ˈʃɪpɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials
- conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
Word Origin
- shipping (n.)
- c. 1300, "a ship," from ship (n.). Meaning "act of sending (freight) by a ship, etc." is from late 15c. As "ships generally or collectively" from 1590s.
Example
- 1. The glut of shipping capacity has forced down rates .
- 2. Shipping itself is a huge cause of pollution .
- 3. The chinese steel mills then pay for the shipping .
- 4. Yet even today , its shipping industry is not quite dead .
- 5. Spot prices include the cost of shipping to china .