shipping
The transportation of goods.
Other meanings
The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.
Passage or transport on a ship.
Synonyms
- transportation
- transport
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "scipian" (to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “shipping” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.