Reshipment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being reshipped. uncountable

    "1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives […] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c."

  2. 2
    the act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship) wordnet
  3. 3
    A second or subsequent shipment. countable

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"1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives […] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c."

Etymology

From re- + shipment.

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