Meaning & use
shipment date
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Meaning
nouncountable
the date on which goods are sent or dispatched to a customer
Grammar: Countable: a shipment date, the shipment date. Often used with 'the' or a possessive: our shipment date.
Patterns
- the shipment date
- a shipment date
- set a shipment date
- confirm the shipment date
Please confirm the shipment date so we can arrange transport.
The shipment date was delayed by two days due to bad weather.
We need to set a firm shipment date before the contract is signed.
Word forms
| plural | shipment dates |
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Common combinations
- confirm the shipment date
- Could you confirm the shipment date by email?
- set a shipment date
- We set a shipment date of March 15.
- the shipment date is delayed
- The shipment date is delayed because of a strike at the port.
- change the shipment date
- The buyer asked to change the shipment date to next week.
- shipment date and delivery date
- The invoice shows both the shipment date and the delivery date.
Synonyms and how they differ
- dispatch date
- Very close in meaning, but 'dispatch date' emphasizes the act of sending and is common in British English.
- shipping date
- Often used interchangeably, though 'shipping date' can also refer to the date a shipment is expected to arrive.
Word family
Commonly confused: shipment date or delivery date?
shipment date vs delivery date
'Delivery date' is when the goods arrive at the customer, while 'shipment date' is when they leave the sender. They are not the same.
Practice
The seller emailed to ______ the shipment date for the new order.
Choose one answer.
You confirm a shipment date, meaning you make it certain or official. 'Deliver', 'arrive', and 'receive' describe what happens to goods, not what you do with a date.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “shipment date”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.