- a person or company in the business of shipping freight
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ship•per
(ship′ər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person who ships goods or makes shipments.
- bef. 1100; 1745–55 for current sense; late Old English scipere sailor (not recorded in Middle English); see ship, -er1
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shipper /ˈʃɪpə/ n
ship•ping /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- the act or business of a person or thing that ships goods.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa number of merchant ships thought of as a group:The submarines had sunk most shipping in those sea lanes.
ship•ping
(ship′ing),USA pronunciation n.
- the act or business of a person or thing that ships.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa number of ships, esp. merchant ships, taken as a whole;
tonnage. - Naval Terms[Obs.]a voyage.
- 1250–1300; Middle English; see ship, -ing1
'shipper' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
skipper
- air waybill
- carload
- customs broker
- desk jobber
- drop shipper
- freighter
- freight forwarder
- mis en bouteilles
- order bill of lading
- primage
- SED
- self-worshipper
- SW