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shipment

 
 
/ˈʃɪpmənt/ noun

Translation

AMOUNT [C] an amount of goods sent from one place to another
yükleme
The first shipments of food arrived this month.1638
SEND SOMEWHERE [U] when something is sent from one place to another
gemi ile nakil, sevk, gönderme
the shipment of nuclear waste1638
(Definition of shipment noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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