shipping firm

collocation in English

meaningsofshippingandfirm

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shipping
noun[U]
uk
/ˈʃɪp.ɪŋ/us
/ˈʃɪp.ɪŋ/
ships considered as ...
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firm
adjective
uk
/fɜːm/us
/fɝːm/
not soft but not ...
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(Definition ofshippingandfirmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is scarcely a lessershippingfirmwhich is not in the hands of the mortgagees; the banks control the industry.
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When theshippingfirmwas told, the attitude was that she would be a nuisance.
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Then, finally, he was released altogether by theshippingfirmwhich employed him.
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There is noshippingfirmthat carries supernumeraries.
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In the development districts, free depreciation does not apply where one has mobile equipment, and will therefore not apply to anyshippingfirmin a development district.
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I am also a non-executive director of ashippingfirmthat forms part of a consortium which has a ship under construction in the upper river.
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He was also a partner in the familyshippingfirm.
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He drew the sketches of plain folk around him, including the employees of hisshippingfirm.
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Used for harbour service from 1917 she was converted to a mercantile vessel and loaned to ashippingfirmin 1918.
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His uncle was a broker for ashippingfirm.
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Jonathan is dismayed to discover that his neglected familyshippingfirmis in dire trouble, and that he will not be receiving his usual check, leaving him broke.
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The majority of shipping firms are not just coming up to this standard, but are ahead of it.
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Let us take the case of one of the shipping firms to which reference has been made.
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I have seen some of the shipping firms individually and, in confidence, they have told me what the figures are.
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The shortest reply is that we hope to stimulate the placing of orders by shipping firms and companies.
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We ought to be able to deal with some of those who have financial interests in shipping firms.
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We know that more of our shipping firms' orders are going abroad than has been the case in the last twenty years.
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There are no proposals before me for financial aid to shipping firms.
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We allow our ships to be bombarded, thus frightening shipping firms away and increasing premiums.
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How much of this has been charged to shipping firms?
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