From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Transportshipmentship‧ment /ˈʃɪpmənt/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable]TTa load of goods sent by sea, road, or air, or the act of sending themshipment of
a shipment of grainarms/oil/drug etc shipment
an illegal arms shipment
The goods are ready for shipment.Examples from the Corpusshipment• He was preparing a similarexcursion with a shipment of salt when the trouble started.• Production and shipment has already begun, and the contractsextend through the first quarter of 1994.• Your order will be ready for shipmenttomorrow.• All three systems reportpurchase orders and / or shipments of hundreds of units that are not yet installed.• The only conceivable opening for venality was in the privateshipment of foodsupplies for profit.• And last week the company said shipments from Quincy Farms had declined 5 percent because of the cut.• At the momentsupervision of these shipments in most countries stops at the nationalborder.• The new University of Californiacampus and the Salk Institute were opening for business, with shipments of intellectualsarrivingdaily.shipment of• a large shipment ofauto partsFrom Longman Business Dictionaryshipmentship‧ment /ˈʃɪpmənt/ nounTRANSPORT1[countable] a load of goods sent by sea, road, train, or airshipment ofA shipment of 1700 cars left for Italy.The railroad company’s coal shipments rose 15%.2[uncountable] the act of sending a load of goods by sea, road, train, or airThe new models are now ready for shipment.shipment ofthe shipment of cars and parts →bulk shipment →part shipment
