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How to pronounce shipping in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels
Type of transport, conveyance
Type Words
Synonyms transport, transportation
Type of commercial enterprise, business, business enterprise
Has types hauling, navigation, truckage, trucking, ferry, air transportation, express, expressage, ferrying, air transport, freight, freightage
Derivation ship

Examples of shipping

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For its part, the shipping industry settles with pirates as quickly as possible.
From the thenewstribune.com
Preliminary schedules have slated shipping to begin by late 2006 and early 2007.
From the upi.com
The reason is that there will be no shipping around the area due to bad weather.
From the forbes.com
Transportation, especially shipping, remains the biggest point of vulnerability.
From the businessweek.com
Some shun the spotlight, like 94-year-old shipping billionaire Daniel K. Ludwig.
From the time.com
Will work toward meeting shipping dates and delivery commitments within budgets.
From the jobview.monster.com
Additional duties include shipping packages, mail, preparing labels, and filing.
From the jobview.monster.com
Pretty nice deal on the 2GB iPod Nano-like Archos 105 at $26 with free shipping.
From the techcrunch.com
However both the WiFi and 3G models are shipping at $429 and $499, respectively.
From the techcrunch.com
More examples
  • Transportation: the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
  • Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
  • (ship) transport: transport commercially
  • (ship) a vessel that carries passengers or freight
  • (ship) hire for work on a ship
  • (ship) embark: go on board
  • Shipping has multiple meanings. It can be a physical process of transporting goods and cargo, by land, air, and sea. It also can describe the movement of objects by ship.
  • Shipping, derived from the word "relationship", is a general term for fans' emotional and/or intellectual involvement with the ongoing development of romance in a work of fiction. ...
  • A ship is a large vessel that floats on water. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. ...