Shipping

a.	1.	Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.
	2.	Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.
n.	1.	The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
	2.	The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
	3.	Navigation. Shipping articles articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc. To take shipping to embark; to take ship. - Bouvier.

Noun	1.	shipping - the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials Synonyms: transport, transportation
	2.	shipping - conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry Synonyms: cargo ships, merchant vessels, merchant marine

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