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Dictionary: ship·ment   (shĭp'mənt) pronunciation
n.
  1. The act or an instance of shipping goods.
  2. A quantity of goods or cargo that are shipped together.

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IN BRIEF: n. - The act of sending off something; Goods carried by a large vehicle.

pronunciation Did you sign for the shipment of computers?

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: goods carried by a large vehicle
  Synonyms: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, consignment

Meaning #2: the act of sending off something
  Synonyms: dispatch, despatch


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forsendelse, transport, afskibning, indskibning, sending, ladning

Nederlands (Dutch)
lading, versturing, dat wat verstuurd wordt

Français (French)
n. - cargaison

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verschiffung, Versand, Sendung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποστολή, φόρτωση, (αποστελλόμενο) φορτίο (κν. παρτίδα)

Italiano (Italian)
spedizione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - carregamento, expedição, embarque

Русский (Russian)
груз, погрузка, поставка

Español (Spanish)
n. - carga, cargamento, envío, embarque, enrolamiento, transporte

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - inskeppning, sändning, transport, avlastning, skeppning, last, parti

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
装运, 装载的货物

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 裝運, 裝載的貨物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 선적, 적하, 선적량

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 積み込み, 発送, 積み荷, 船荷, 船積み

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألسلع ألمشحونه بالسفينه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מישלוח, שליחת מטען סחורות באוניה, מטען סחורות‬


 
 
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