shipper

noun

ship·​per ˈshi-pər How to pronounce shipper (audio)
: one that sends goods by any form of conveyance

Examples of shipper in a Sentence

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For shippers and carriers willing to brave the Suez, higher insurance costs are the result. Steve Banker, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 Survey respondents also indicated that shippers were mitigating tariffs by switching to non-Chinese suppliers and manufacturing operations in Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Kenya, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Taiwan, and Turkey. Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025 The new vessel speed rules proposed by the National Marine Fisheries Service more than two years ago have been the topic of much debate among shippers, commercial fishermen and wildlife conservationists, who all have a stake in the whale's fate. CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025 The ability to automate port functions will affect capital expenditures that shippers and port operators would like to make, which would be a factor in determining the overall dollar value of the labor contract for USMX, one labor-side source told The Hill. Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for shipper 

Word History

First Known Use

1755, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shipper was in 1755

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“Shipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipper. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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shipper

noun
ship·​per ˈship-ər How to pronounce shipper (audio)
: one who ships goods
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