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drop-ship

drop-ship is the alternative form of drop ship.

Meaning of drop ship

Verb

drop ship (third-person singular simple present drop ships, present participle drop shipping, simple past and past participle drop shipped)

  1. (transitive) To deliver goods for a business directly to its customers, as though the business owned a relevant inventory, but with the manufacturer as the real source of the delivery.
    • If you drop ship the orders, then you don't need to own the products; thus, fewer of your customers suspect you're acting as a middle man.

Forms of drop-ship

third-person singular presentdrop-ships
present participledrop-shipping
past participledrop-shipped
pastdrop-shipped

Questions about drop-ship

What is drop-ship the alternative form of?
Drop-ship is the alternative form of drop ship.

Words near drop-ship in the dictionary

  1. drop-scenes
  2. drop-set
  3. drop-sets
  4. drop-shaft
  5. drop-shafts
  6. drop-ship
  7. drop-shipping
  8. drop-spine
  9. drop-tongue
  10. drop-tongues
  11. drop-top

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