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shipping companies

shipping companies is the plural of shipping company.

Meaning of shipping company

Noun

shipping company (plural shipping companies)

  1. A company whose main line of business is ownership and operation of ships.
    • Steamship arrivals, however, are less predictable and the best arrangements of shipping companies and the railway operating department may be upset by weather and tide.1962 April, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 264
  2. A line (the body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry).

Questions about shipping companies

What is shipping companies the plural of?
Shipping companies is the plural of shipping company.

Words near shipping companies in the dictionary

  1. shipping
  2. shipping a sea
  3. shipping agent
  4. shipping agents
  5. shipping and handling
  6. shipping companies
  7. shipping company
  8. shipping container
  9. shipping containers
  10. shipping fever
  11. shipping forecast

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