bill of lading

Definitions

A document issued by a carrier (e.g. master of a ship or the ship owner's agent) to a shipper listing a ship's cargo, acknowledging receipt of said cargo, and specifying terms for its delivery.

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonyms: manifest, bill of goods”

“But all the while Captain Amos Brown was telling whackers that would have⟳ done credit to Baron Munchausen, he was really thinking of how he was to save⟳ those whose passage to a port not named in any bills of lading looked almost certain.”

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