shipping

/ˈʃɪpɪŋ/

/ˈʃɪpɪŋ/

Other forms: shippings

Definitions of shipping

1. noun

   the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
   synonyms: transport, transportation

   types:

   air transport, air transportation

   transportation by air

   navigation

   ship traffic

   hauling, truckage, trucking

   the activity of transporting goods by truck

   freight, freightage

   transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates

   express, expressage

   rapid transport of goods

   ferry, ferrying

   transport by boat or aircraft

   cartage, carting

   the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it

   type of:

   business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise

   the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
2. noun

   conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
   synonyms: cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels

   type of:

   conveyance, transport

   something that serves as a means of transportation