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Meaning of short-ship | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To ship a smaller quantity of (goods) than the customer ordered.

transitive

Examples

“A variation of this is to short-ship goods to customers. A short shipment is when items are listed in the shipping document but not included in the shipment and not received by the recipient.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

short-sold short-staff short-staffed short-staffing short-staffs short-stop

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