Short-ship

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To ship a smaller quantity of (goods) than the customer ordered. transitive

    "A variation of this is to short-ship goods to customers. A short shipment is when items are listed in the shipping document but not included in the shipment and not received by the recipient."

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"A variation of this is to short-ship goods to customers. A short shipment is when items are listed in the shipping document but not included in the shipment and not received by the recipient."

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