shipping

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The transportation of goods.

   From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.

2. 2
   noun

   The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.

   Our overplus of shipping will we burn; / And, with the rest full-mann’d, from the head of Actium / Beat the approaching Caesar.

3. 3
   noun

   The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.

   The shipping is included in the quoted price.

4. 4
   noun

   Navigation.

   God send 'em good shipping.

5. 5
   noun

   the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

6. 6
   noun

   conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry

7. 7
   noun

   Passage or transport on a ship.

8. 8
   verb

   present participle and gerund of ship

Etymology

From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from schippen, schipen (“to take ship, navigate”), from Old English scipian (“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship + -ing.