Shipment vs Backload - What's the difference?
shipment | backload |
a load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship)
:* We're expecting another shipment of oranges tomorrow.
the act of transporting goods
:* Shipment of hazardous waste on this route is strictly prohibited.
To load toward the back, or towards the end of a period
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(transport) To load (cargo, shipment, etc.) after unloading has been completed.
To fill a syringe with solution from the plunger end of the barrel
As a noun shipment
is a load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship).As a verb backload is
to load toward the back, or towards the end of a period.shipment
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(en noun)backload
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