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shipping company

shipping company noun: a company whose main line of business is ownership and operation of ships.

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).

Forms of shipping company

pluralshipping companies

Questions about shipping company

What does shipping company mean?
Shipping company means a company whose main line of business is ownership and operation of ships.
What part of speech is shipping company?
Shipping company is a noun.
What is the plural of shipping company?
The plural of shipping company is shipping companies.

Words near shipping company in the dictionary

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

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