单词 | expeditor |
释义 | expeditorn. One who or that which expedites; spec. in Commerce (originally U.S.), a person employed to ensure that a commercial assignment is performed efficiently, esp. by overseeing the progress of work or the movement of goods. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > expedition or dispatch > action of performing quickly > one who expeditor1891 society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > importer or exporter > other import or export officials bracker1734 expeditor1942 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Oct. 1/3 Expediter of the business of the House. 1942 Aviation July 122 The mass production technique developed within the aircraft industry incorporates a degree of flexibility heretofore unknown... The expediter department..is a by-product of this new production technique. 1942 Aviation July 124 The expeditor immediately telephoned the airfield, cancelling delivery flights until the red spot had been painted out of all insignia. 1957 Clark & Gottfried University Dict. Business & Finance (1967) 142/1 A materials expediter engaged by a manufacturer checks on the delivery schedules of suppliers,..follows the goods while they are in transit, etc. 1976 Drum (Johannesburg) Sept. (E. Afr. ed.) 28/5 I am a Zambian male aged 28, single and working on the mines as an expeditor. 1986 Daily Tel. 26 Aug. 13/5 A reader holidaying on Dartmoor has been watching his hotel noticeboard which was taken over at the weekend by the ‘expeditors’ of one of those highly-organised American package tours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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