Meaning & use
fulfillment center
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Meaning
nouncountable
A large building where goods are stored and from which customer orders are packed and sent out.
Grammar: Countable: a fulfillment center, the fulfillment center, several fulfillment centers.
Patterns
- work at a fulfillment center
- a fulfillment center for a company
The online store opened a new fulfillment center to speed up deliveries.
Thousands of packages leave the fulfillment center every day.
She got a job at a fulfillment center packing orders.
Word forms
| plural | fulfillment centers |
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Common combinations
- distribution center
- The distribution center supplies stores across the region.
- warehouse
- The warehouse stores goods before they are shipped.
- order fulfillment
- Order fulfillment is the process of sending out customer purchases.
Synonyms and how they differ
- distribution center
- A distribution center focuses on sending goods to stores or other businesses, while a fulfillment center specifically handles individual customer orders.
- warehouse
- A warehouse is a general storage building; a fulfillment center is specialized for order processing and shipping.
Word family
- fulfill verb
- To do what is required or promised, or to satisfy an order.
- fulfillment noun
- The act of completing an order or satisfying a need.
Commonly confused: fulfillment center or fulfillment centre?
fulfillment center vs fulfillment centre
This is the British spelling; 'center' is the American spelling.
Practice
A ______ is a place where online orders are packed and shipped.
Choose one answer.
A fulfillment center specifically handles packing and shipping customer orders. A distribution center sends goods to stores, a shopping center is for retail, and a call center handles phone calls.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “fulfillment center”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.