shipping agent
1shipping agent — also shipping and forwarding agent ➔ agent * * * shipping agent UK US noun [C] (also shipping and forwarding agent) COMMERCE, TRANSPORT ► a person or company whose job is to deal with arrangements and documents for sending goods from one place to …
2shipping agent — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms shipping agent : singular shipping agent plural shipping agents business a person or company that prepares the legal documents that are necessary for goods to be carried by ship …
3shipping agent — An agent of a common carrier having general authority to make all reasonable contracts of carriage. 13 Am J2d Car § 227. An employee of an industry charged with duties respecting the obtaining of transportation for shipments of the products of… …
4shipping agent — noun the agent of a shipowner • Hypernyms: ↑agent …
5shipping agent — one who deals with shipping objects overseas …
6shipping agent — noun an agent in a port who transacts a ship s business for the owner …
7shipping agent — /ˈʃɪpɪŋ eɪdʒənt/ (say shiping ayjuhnt) noun the representative of a shipowner, who transacts business on the shipowner s behalf …
8shipping agent — / ʃɪpɪŋ ˌeɪdʒənt/ noun a company which specialises in the sending of goods …
9Agent — The decision maker in a principal agent relationship. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * agent a‧gent [ˈeɪdʒnt] noun [countable] 1. COMMERCE JOBS a person or company that is paid by another person or company to represent them in… …
10agent — A party appointed to act on behalf of a principal entity or person. In context of project financing, refers to the bank in charge of administering the project financing. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary For the purpose of the Agent Service, an… …
