shipping

The money you pay to have an item sent to you.

• Shipping is free.
• I paid extra for shipping.
• Does the price include shipping?

Similar words: delivery charge, postage

Common phrases: free shipping, shipping costs, pay for shipping, shipping included

The process or business of sending goods from one place to another.

• Shipping takes three days.
• The factory uses trucks for shipping.
• International shipping was delayed by the storm.

How to use it: shipping of something (The company handles the shipping of fresh fruit.)

Similar words: transport, transportation, freight transport

Common phrases: international shipping, shipping company, shipping industry, shipping services

All the ships belonging to a country, port, or industry, considered as a group.

• The harbor was full of shipping.
• Enemy shipping was attacked near the coast.
• The war destroyed much of the nation's merchant shipping.

Similar words: ships, fleet

Common phrases: merchant shipping, coastal shipping, enemy shipping

Travel or transport by ship.

• Shipping across the bay was suspended.
• The new canal made shipping between the ports faster.
• Bad weather disrupted passenger shipping along the coast.

Similar words: sea transport, maritime transport

Common phrases: shipping by sea, coastal shipping, shipping routes