shipment
noun
ship·ment
ˈship-mənt 
Examples of shipment in a Sentence
We sent out another shipment of books.
My order was delivered in two shipments.
This box is ready for shipment.
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For example, a landlord uses the student’s rent money to buy pizza, and the pizza shop owner uses the money the landlord spent on dinner to buy a new shipment of cardboard pizza boxes – and so on.
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Bjorn Markeson, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
New shipments of lobster, caught and processed in Maine, are flown overnight each day to local Cousins Maine Lobster commissaries to prep for the trucks.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Dec. 2025
If Saudi Arabia or the UAE violates terms of any eventual deal, Washington can withhold semiconductor shipments.
—Daniel Benaim, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2025
Cotton shipments to the country fell by 90 percent during the first half of the year as China implemented retaliatory tariffs on the crop worth about 140 percent in April, effectively grinding trade with the country to a halt.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025
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Bjorn Markeson, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
New shipments of lobster, caught and processed in Maine, are flown overnight each day to local Cousins Maine Lobster commissaries to prep for the trucks.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Dec. 2025
If Saudi Arabia or the UAE violates terms of any eventual deal, Washington can withhold semiconductor shipments.
—Daniel Benaim, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2025
Cotton shipments to the country fell by 90 percent during the first half of the year as China implemented retaliatory tariffs on the crop worth about 140 percent in April, effectively grinding trade with the country to a halt.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Shipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipment. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.
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shipment
noun
ship·ment
ˈship-mənt
1
: the act of shipping
2
: the goods shipped
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