shipping
Goods in transit
Shipping is the transport of goods, especially by sea: international shipping costs, shipping and handling.
The word covers the industry, the process, and the vessels themselves: enemy shipping.
In internet fandom, shipping means supporting a romantic relationship between characters—real or fictional—whether the pairing exists in canon or only in fans' imagination: I'm shipping those two so hard.
Transported goods
- containerThing for storing items
- bulkMain mass or size
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- haulageCommercial goods transport
containerization · load · tanker · reefer · pallets · crates · tonnage · manifest
Wrapped item for delivery
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- courierDelivery person or service
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- boxLidded storage container
mail · postage · envelope · label · recipient · sender · address · fragile
Receptacle for contents
- portDocking place for ships
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
freighter · captain · crew · seafaring · voyage · fleet · nautical · bow
Product delivery infrastructure
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
procurement · dispatching · tracking · routing · optimization · last-mile · third-party · just-in-time
Obtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- dutiesRequired tasks or charges
international · cross-border · trade routes · embargo · free trade · quota · clearance · broker
cargo
Transported goods
- containerThing for storing items
- bulkMain mass or size
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
haulage · containerization · load · tanker · reefer · pallets · crates · tonnage · manifest · bill of lading
package
Wrapped item for delivery
box · mail · postage · envelope · label · recipient · sender · address · fragile · bubblewrap
vessel
Receptacle for contents
anchor · freighter · captain · crew · seafaring · voyage · fleet · nautical · bow · stern
supply chain
Product delivery infrastructure
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
inventory · procurement · dispatching · tracking · routing · optimization · last-mile · third-party · just-in-time · picking
import
Obtain from overseas
duties · international · cross-border · trade routes · embargo · free trade · quota · clearance · broker · bonded
pairing
Joining two together
- OTPDisposable login credential
- fanfictionAmateur work using existing characters
- canonAccepted authoritative works
fandom · slash · endgame · fan art · headcanon · slow burn · stan · feels
- commercetrade, banking, merchant, imports, sales
- fashion industryfashion, fashion design, fashion designers, fashion shows, fashion week
- Industrial Sectorsmanufacturing, aerospace, defense, automotive, machinery
- industriesbusiness, factories, education, health, supply chain
- logisticsdelivery, warehouses, warehousing, carriers, warehouse
- maritime tradesea trade, ocean trade, seaports, ports, ocean freight
shippingpickup
Small open-bed truck
in-store pickup · curbside pickup · click and collect · carry-out · will call
shippingholding
Maintaining physical possession
delaying · shelving · withholding · vaporware · cancellation
- free shippingNo-cost item transport
- shipping and handlingFees for delivery preparation
- shipping addressLocation for receiving parcels
- maritime shippingMoving cargo by ship
- shipping containerSteel cargo enclosure
- shipping costsFees for delivery
reshipping, shipping lanes, shipping lane, shipping containers, shipping container, shipping companies, shipping company