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noun

shipper

someone who ships goods

In a sentence

Six example sentences with shipper, each labelled with its topic.

  • The furniture maker chose a smaller shipper who would palletise each order and text photographs from the loading dock.

    Business

  • Every coffee shipper on the coast raised quotes after the canal drought forced vessels onto a longer route.

    Economics

  • Nineteenth century tea shippers raced clipper crews from Fuzhou to London, and the first cargo landed fetched the best price.

    History

  • Under the contract the shipper, not the carrier, is liable for goods packed badly enough to break in transit.

    Law

  • A large grain shipper chose the slower vessel, cutting the fuel burned per ton in exchange for a week's delay.

    Environment

  • The startup signed its first shipper in March, a bakery that needed fifty parcels a day tracked to the door.

    Startups

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