shipmentship‧ment /ˈʃɪpmənt/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable] 
a shipment of grainarms/oil/drug etc shipment an illegal arms shipment The goods are ready for shipment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Your order will be ready for shipment tomorrow.
- All three systems report purchase orders and / or shipments of hundreds of units that are not yet installed.
- And last week the company said shipments from Quincy Farms had declined 5 percent because of the cut.
- At the moment supervision of these shipments in most countries stops at the national border.
- He was preparing a similar excursion with a shipment of salt when the trouble started.
- Production and shipment has already begun, and the contracts extend through the first quarter of 1994.
- The new University of California campus and the Salk Institute were opening for business, with shipments of intellectuals arriving daily.
- The only conceivable opening for venality was in the private shipment of food supplies for profit.
- They, at least, had ensured that the cocaine shipment was safely on its way.
WORD SETS
accelerate, verbaerodynamic, adjectiveaerodynamics, nounairfreight, nounaisle, nounarr., baggage room, nounboard, verbboarding, nounBOL, booking office, nounbrake, nounbrake, verbbrake light, nounbrake shoe, nounbreakdown clause, bulk freight, C&F, cable car, nouncable railway, nouncargo, nouncarriage, nouncarrier, nouncart, nounCFR, change, verbchange, nounchassis, nounchopper, nounCMR, compartment, nounconcourse, nounconductor, nouncongested, adjectiveconnect, verbconnection, nounconsolidator, nouncontainer, nounconveyance, nounconvoy, nouncouple, verbcoupling, nouncourier, nouncourier, verbcrash, verbcrash, nouncrew, nouncrewman, nouncruise, verbcutting, noundead reckoning, noundelivery date, departure, noundestination, noundispatch rider, noundistribution channel, diverge, verbdouble-book, verbdrop-off, noundrop-shipping, nounelevated railway, nounengine, nounengineer, nounETA, nounfare, nounfeeder, nounfirst class, nounfirst-class, adjectivefloating insurance, flow, verbFOB, FOB airport, fogbound, adjectiveFOR, fork, nounfork, verbfree of particular average, adjectivefreighter, noungangway, noungross weight, Gro t, gyroscope, nounHague Rules, nounhelmet, nounhigh-speed, adjectivehijack, verbhijack, nounhitch, verbhub airport, ICAO, intercity, adjectiveinternational airport, interstate, adjectivekph, LGV, line, nounloading, nounluge, nounluggage, nounluggage rack, nounmachine, nounmarine insurance, mileage, nounmilepost, nounmotion sickness, nounmph, mudflap, nounnavigate, verbnavigation, nounnet weight, one-way, adjectiveopen insurance, outride, verbovertake, verbpackager, nounpannier, nounpart shipment, passenger, nounpayload, nounportage, nounporter, nounpropulsion, nounramp, nounreceiving office, red-eye, nounregional airport, re-route, verbreturn, nounreturn, adjectivereverse logistics, ride, verbroller, nounround-trip, nounround-trip, adjectiveroute, nounroute, verbrun, verbrun, nounschedule, nounsecond class, nounservice, nounship, verbshipload, nounshipment, nounshipper, nounshipping, nounshuttle, nounshuttle, verbsingle, adjectivesingle, nounski, nounskid, verbskid, nounstabilizer, nounstaging post, nounstall, verbsteering wheel, nounstopping distance, nounstowage, nounsubsonic, adjectivesupersonic, adjectivesurface transport, tailwind, nountanker, nounticket, nountime machine, nountimetable, nountourist class, nountowrope, nountrack, nountrack, verbtraffic, nountranscontinental, adjectivetransfer, verbtransfer, nountransit visa, nountransportation, nountransship, travel insurance, troop carrier, nountruckload, nountunnel, nountwo-seater, nountyre, noununderway, adjectiveU-turn, nounviaduct, nounwheel, nounwheel, verbwreck, nounyaw, verbyield, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY an illegal arms shipmentCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
a load of goods sent by sea, road, or air, or the act of sending themshipment of an illegal arms shipment· The convictions capped a two-year federal investigation that showed the ex-officers accepted payoffs for protecting the drug shipments.· The most difficult drug shipments to detect are those secreted in the container boxes of commercial ships.
· And unit shipments grew 12 percent to 1. 3 million.· Apple said its unit shipments had grown 12 percent in the December quarter over the same period a year ago.
VERB· Rosenthal said Barneys has received no domestic goods shipments since it filed for bankruptcy protection last Wednesday night.
a shipment of grainarms/oil/drug etc shipment an illegal arms shipment The goods are ready for shipment.