shipment has definitions from the field of business
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[ noun ] (business) goods carried by a large vehicle

Used in print

(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)

Primary target would be shipments of tanks , guns , aviation gasoline and ammunition coming from Russia and Czechoslovakia .

Shipments of arms from Western countries could similarly be seized as contraband .

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[ noun ] the act of sending off something

Synonyms

dispatch despatch

Used in print

(Successful Farming, 59:12...)

For the best results , feed this level to cattle 3 to 5 days preceding shipment and / or 3 to 5 days following their arrival in your feed_lot .

([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)

What can your sales and purchasing_departments do to curtail orders , shipments , and receipts during vacation shutdown periods ?

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