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A receipt from the carrier for the goods being shipped
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waybill
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As do their land and sea counterparts, air carriers delegate the power to issue waybills to various types of agents. ▪ Consequently, the air waybill did not require presentation to obtain possession of the goods. ▪ Several types ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Waybill \Way"bill`\, n. A list of passengers in a public vehicle, or of the baggage or gods transported by a common carrier on a land route. When the goods are transported by water, the list is called a bill of lading.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery [syn: bill of lading ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A waybill ( UIC ) is a document issued by a carrier giving details and instructions relating to the shipment of a consignment of goods . Typically it will show the names of the consignor and consignee , the point of origin of the consignment, its destination, ...
Usage examples of waybill.
I found, from the waybill, that Dr. Johnson had made our names be put down.
Its surface, while dull, was bare of the usual remnants of plastic shipping waybills that festooned such shippers.
Jennifer slipped the tamperproof envelope into a bigger Priority Mail bag, and grabbed a ballpoint pen to fill out the adhesive waybill.
Hymie had to play chess with the waybills while I worked like a madman to plug up the gaps.
He sat there from eight in the morning, until six, moving waybills around.
He moved his switchboard around so that he could watch me while juggling the waybills back and forth.
Finally they reached the point (they had both put everything they could mortgage or borrow into it for Father to ride up and down the line, paying the workmen and the waybills on the rails at the last possible instant) where even Father realised that one of them would have to get out.