Meaning & use
ex warehouse
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Meaning
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Describing a sale price that covers goods placed at the seller's warehouse, before loading and transport costs.
Grammar: Used after a noun such as 'price' or 'terms': the price is quoted ex warehouse.
Patterns
- a price ex warehouse
- buy something ex warehouse
- quote something ex warehouse
The quote was given ex warehouse, so we still had to pay for the truck to the port.
Buyers who accept ex warehouse terms arrange and pay for collection themselves.
The invoice showed an ex warehouse price of $40 per unit.
Common combinations
- ex warehouse price
- The ex warehouse price excludes delivery to your shop.
- ex warehouse terms
- Under ex warehouse terms, the buyer collects the goods.
- quote something ex warehouse
- The supplier quoted us ex warehouse, which kept the figure low.
- ex warehouse sale
- An ex warehouse sale means the buyer handles all shipping.
Synonyms and how they differ
- ex works
- The same idea, but the goods wait at the factory rather than at a warehouse.
- FOB
- A shipping term; FOB usually puts more of the transport cost on the seller than ex warehouse does.
Opposites
Word family
- warehouse noun
- A large building where goods are stored before being sold or shipped.
- warehousing noun
- The business of storing goods in a warehouse.
Commonly confused: ex warehouse or warehouse sale?
ex warehouse vs warehouse sale
A warehouse sale is a discounted retail event open to the public; ex warehouse describes who pays for transport, not a discount.
Practice
"The goods are sold ex warehouse." Who normally arranges and pays for taking the goods away?
Choose one answer.
'Ex warehouse' means the seller's responsibility ends once the goods are at the warehouse, so the buyer collects them. The first option describes a delivered price, which is the opposite arrangement.
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