reshipment

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noun

The condition of being reshipped.

OriginEnglish shipment ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

nounreshipment (countable and uncountable, plural reshipments)

plural reshipments

  1. uncountableThe condition of being reshipped.

    1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives […] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c.

  2. countableA second or subsequent shipment.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishshipment
  7. Englishreshipment

From re- + shipment.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

reshipment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reshipment

MLA

“reshipment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reshipment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reshipment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reshipment.

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