单词 | break bulk |
释义 | > as lemmasto break bulk P1. to break bulk (cf. sense 2e): ‘to open the hold and take out goods thence’ ( Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. 1692); to destroy the completeness of a cargo by taking out a portion, to begin to unload. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > be transported by water [verb (intransitive)] > unload > partially to break bulk1575 1575 in Hist. Glasgow (1881) 117 Breking bowk [of a cargo]. 1587 St. Paper Office Domest. Corr. To bring them [ships] into this realme without breaking bulke. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 195 All Merchants ships being laden, haue alwaies..beene permitted to breake bulke below, or at Tilburie-Hope. 1668 A. Marvell Let. 18 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 73 An Impeachment..against Sr W: Penn for breaking bulke in the East India Prizes. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 106. ⁋2 Whether he would break Bulk, and sell his Goods by Retail. 1792 E. Burke On Negro Code in Wks. (1842) II. 424 The faithful execution of his part of the trust at the island where he shall break bulk. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. v. 51 He was breaking casks out of the hold. 1883 Times 24 Mar. 6 The whole [cargo of tea] can be sampled and sold the moment the steamer breaks bulk. to break bulk b. The cargo of a ship; a cargo as a whole; the whole lot (of a commodity). Phrase, to break bulk (see break v. Phrases 1). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > cargo > as a whole or total bulk1575 society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > load or lot of specific size or abundance ladec897 cheapc1384 shock1582 commodity1592 allotment1703 piece1774 break1864 lot1872 bulka1888 chance lot1888 trucklot1943 1575 in Hist. Glasgow (1881) 117 Breking bowk [of a cargo]. 1626 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) II. 190 To keep them from breaking Bulck, and from selling their goods at an vndervallue. 1776 T. Paine Common Sense iv. 68 The premiums to be in proportion to the loss of bulk to the merchants. 1884 Harper's Mag. June 51/2 Until this is done the bulk of his cargo can not be broken. a1888 Mod. The bulk is not equal to sample. < as lemmas |
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