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Shipment

The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.

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Departure 76% connected

Division; separation; putting away.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Going 76% connected

of Go

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Leaving 76% connected

of Leave

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Merchandise 76% connected

The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Product 76% connected

Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the product…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ware 76% connected

Wore.

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Narrower term 1

Reshipment 76% connected

The act of reshipping; also, that which is reshippped.

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Derivationally related 2

Send 74% connected

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Send 74% connected

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

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Synonym 8

Cargo 92% connected

The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Consignment 92% connected

The act of consigning; consignation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Despatch 92% connected

Same as Dispatch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Dispatch 92% connected

To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Freight 92% connected

That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lading 92% connected

of Lade

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Load 92% connected

A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Loading 92% connected

of Load

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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