shipment

Meanings

• Noun

  The act of sending or transporting goods from one place to another.

  - "The company specializes in shipments to remote areas."
  - "We need to arrange for a shipment of our products to reach the client by next week."

• A consignment of goods, especially one sent by sea.

  - "The shipment arrived safely at the port."
  - "We insured the valuable shipment before it was sent overseas."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with shipment
commitment , development , investment

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Variants

List of all variants of shipment that leads to same result
shipment , shipments , drop shipment , drop shipments , drop-ship , drop-shipped , drop-shipping , drop-ships

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English scipmōt, from scip 'ship' + mōt 'motion'.

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Trivia

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1. The largest container ship in the world is the MSC Oscar, with a capacity of 19,224 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).

2. The term 'shipment' comes from the Old English word 'scipmōt', which literally means 'ship motion'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Logistics: The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services, or information from the point of origin to the point of consumption.

2. Supply Chain: A network between various organizations, people, information, and resources involved in the production and delivery of a product or service.

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Culture

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Shipments have played a significant role in history, enabling trade between different civilizations and facilitating the spread of ideas and innovations. In literature, the theme of shipments can be found in works such as 'Moby Dick' and 'The Odyssey'.

How to Memorize "shipment"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large container being loaded with goods and transported on a ship to its destination.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of a cargo ship sailing on the open sea.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'Shipments Are Cool' to remember the meaning.

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