Meaning

noun the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

noun conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry

verb transport commercially

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship English -ing English shipping From ship + -ing.

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