drop shippingnoun [ U ]
ukusalso drop shipment COMMERCE, TRANSPORTan arrangement in which a manufacturer sends products directly to buyers at the request of businesses who advertise and sell the products but do not stock them:
Online sellers can use drop shipping as a way of minimizing stock and decreasing shipping costs and delivery times.
drop ship
verb [ I or T ] -pp-
Some of our items are drop shipped from the manufacturer's warehouse.