fulfillment

noun ful·fill·ment \ fu̇(l)-ˈfil-mənt also fə(l)- \

variants: or fulfilment

Updated on: 16 Apr 2018

1 : the act or process of fulfilling

the fulfillment of a promise

the fulfillment of all the requirements

2 : the act or process of delivering a product (such as a publication) to a customer

the fulfillment of a book order

Examples of fulfillment in a Sentence

her commendably prompt fulfillment of any assignment given her
he saw the entire project through, from initial idea to final fulfillment

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Shipping to Walmart stores costs less for the company than to people’s individual homes, given how fulfillment centers and large bulk orders work.

— shannon liao, The Verge, "Walmart adds 500 Pickup Towers to its stores across the US," 6 Apr. 2018
Items arrive from other Amazon fulfillment centers, vendors or companies that hire Amazon to fulfill their orders.

— lauren zumbach, chicagotribune.com, "Robots working alongside humans in Amazon's Monee warehouse — a first for the e-commerce giant in Illinois," 29 Mar. 2018
Google purchased land nearby for a data center, Tesla is building a factory there, and Amazon is constructing a fulfillment center.

— diana budds, Curbed, "Reno’s big solution to sprawl is small," 29 Mar. 2018
The dead mall will be replaced by an Amazon fulfillment center, scheduled to open in 2019.

— marcia pledger, cleveland.com, "Toys "R" Us to start liquidation sales; economist says closings don't represent entire industry," 22 Mar. 2018
With all this work come big rewards and fulfillment, but also sacrifice, loneliness and frustration, which can easily turn into that unnecessary fighting you guys have going on.

— author: wayne and wanda, Anchorage Daily News, "Work-related travel has strained our relationship. How do we fix it?," 23 Feb. 2018
But so strong were the aspirations of the Apollo era, and so meaningful their fulfillment, that a vestige of that period remains today at NASA.

— eric berger, Ars Technica, "The Greatest Leap, part 4: Catching Apollo fever as a new NASA employee," 30 Jan. 2018
But three major projects got started in the district last year — an Amazon fulfillment center, a Penske Logistics operation and a Brose manufacturing facility — set to total 2,300 new jobs and about $350 million in investment.

— john gallagher, Detroit Free Press, "Metro Airport aerotropolis: Vision for transit hub finds new life," 27 Mar. 2018
Trump is doing plenty - but not in fulfillment of his promises to his base (sorry, a tax cut for corporations doesn't count), nor in service of any ideology.

— jennifer rubin, Anchorage Daily News, "There's no plan! There never was," 25 Mar. 2018

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