Concept cluster: Recreation > Shipping
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asportation
n
(law) The illegal movement of goods or carrying away of a person.
backhaul
n
(military) The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.
backloading
n
(transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
bill of quantities
n
A list, prepared by a quantity surveyor, of the quantities of materials needed for a project.
bill of sight
n
A form of entry at the customhouse, by which goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of full information, may be provisionally landed for examination.
carnet
n
(law) A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article
colportage
n
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
commute
v
(intransitive, US, UK, Canada) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.
conduct
n
(obsolete) Convoy; escort; person who accompanies another.
conveyance
n
A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.
door to door
adv
(by further extension) From shipper to recipient.
double-handling
n
The handling of anything more than once, e.g. goods in transit.
drop ship
v
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.
facture
n
(dated, business) An invoice or bill of parcels.
ferrying
n
The act by which something is ferried.
first-party logistics
n
The situation where a company producing goods also maintains and operates its own vehicles for delivery, rather than using third-party carriers.
go-show
n
(travel) The situation where a passenger checks in at an airport in the hope of getting an earlier flight than was reserved.
home delivery
n
A service of delivering goods to the consumer's home.
in transitu
adv
(law) in transit; during transportation
last mile
n
(logistics, transport) The final stage of delivery of goods, etc., from a distribution centre to the consumer, often involving greater effort or expense.
line item
n
(logistics) One item on an order, regardless of quantity.
moving
n
(uncountable) The relocation of goods
passage
n
The right to pass from one place to another.
pay the freight
v
(idiomatic) To bear the cost.
port
v
(telephony, transitive) To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one telephone service provider to another.
portation
n
(chiefly in combination) The act of carrying or transporting something; transportation.
preshipment
adj
Prior to shipment.
putaway
n
The process of storing goods in a warehouse etc. as they are received.
reconsignment
n
change of destination for cargo during transport
shipment
n
the act of transporting goods
shippage
n
(dated) Shipment of goods.
shuttle trade
n
(business) The process of travelling in and out of a country, especially the Soviet Union, in order to obtain goods on the outside to sell on the inside.
T-Charge
n
(UK) A surcharge from 2017 to 2019 on top of the normal congestion charge for motor vehicles in London, England, and applicable only to older vehicles that generate more pollution.
tariff
n
A schedule of rates, fees or prices.
toll
v
(transitive, obsolete) To draw; pull; tug; drag.
tr.
n
Abbreviation of transport. [An act of transporting; conveyance.]
traffic
v
(intransitive) To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods.
traffick
v
Alternative spelling of traffic (especially of illegal goods) [(intransitive) To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods.]
transfer
v
(transport, of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
transit
v
(Internet) To carry communications traffic to and from a customer or another network on a compensation basis as opposed to peerage in which the traffic to and from another network is carried on an equivalency basis or without charge.
transloading
n
A transfer of goods from one mode of transportation to another.
transmodal
adj
(transport) Using more than one mode of transportation or shipping.
transport
n
An act of transporting; conveyance.
transportedly
adv
In a state of transport (of joy, etc.).
transportment
n
(archaic) The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; transportation.
transpositor
n
A shuttle conveyor.
trunking
n
(business) The movement of containers or packages between a terminal and a transporter's inland facilities, or the scheduled transportation service between locations.
vectitation
n
(obsolete) The act of carrying, or state of being carried.
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