forwarding agent
noun[C]
TRANSPORT,COMMERCEukusacompanythatarrangesforgoodsto betransported,especiallyto anothercountry:
Thecarwasdamagedwhile in thecareofforwardingagents.
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He worked as a line manager andforwardingagentfor a trading and purchasing cooperative between 1991 and 1993.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It involves changes in banking practice, in insurance practice, in documentation, in the role of theforwardingagent, in marketing and in customs procedure.
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It is bound to take aforwardingagentthree, four or five months before he can get an order of liquidation or receivership.
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It has nothing to do with theforwardingagent.
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Someone importing goods into this country has aforwardingagent.
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I understand that the carriage of these parcels was only prepaid to the airport of arrival; theforwardingagentemployed made, as usual, a charge for clearance and delivery.
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The study of the marks of forwarding agents on mail is a popular branch of postal history.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They worked in freight forwarding, customs, shipping and express forwarding agents.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I was struck by the willingness of customs services and forwarding agents to take part in the various discussions we held.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Some people are making large profits here, but others - like the forwarding agents involved, who bear the liability - are suffering heavy losses.
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