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noun

waybill

a receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery

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

  • Customs held the pallets because the waybill listed twelve cartons and the truck arrived with only eleven.

    Business

  • A clerk's waybill from 1889 survives, recording bolts of cloth, a crate of nails, and their freight charges.

    History

  • The dispute turned on whether the waybill or the later email set the delivery date the court should enforce.

    Law

  • Shipping her bicycle ahead to Lisbon meant filling out a waybill and keeping the copy until the crate arrived.

    Travel

  • The courier app generates a waybill the moment a parcel is scanned, so the terms of delivery travel with the box.

    Technology

  • The founders' first product turned a photographed waybill into a searchable record for small freight firms drowning in paper.

    Startups

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