"bill of lading" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bills of lading [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|bills of lading}} bill of lading (plural bills of lading)
  1. (shipping) A document issued by a carrier (e.g. master of a ship or the ship owner's agent) to a shipper listing a ship's cargo, acknowledging receipt of said cargo, and specifying terms for its delivery. Wikipedia link: bill of lading Categories (topical): Shipping Related terms: book of lading Translations (waybill for transport by boat): товарителница (tovaritelnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), coneixement [masculine] (Catalan), بارنامە (barname) (Central Kurdish), 提貨單 (Chinese Mandarin), 提货单 (tíhuòdān) (Chinese Mandarin), 提單 (Chinese Mandarin), 提单 (tídān) (Chinese Mandarin), cognossement [neuter] (Dutch), beurtvaartadres [neuter] (Dutch), konossementti (Finnish), rahtikirja (Finnish), connaissement [masculine] (French), Konnossement [neuter] (German), hajóraklevél (Hungarian), hajórakjegy (Hungarian), konosemen (Indonesian), surat muatan kapal (Indonesian), bille luchtaithe [masculine] (Irish), polizza di carico [feminine] (Italian), 船荷証券 (funani shōken) (alt: ふなにしょうけん) (Japanese), konosament (Polish), carta de porte [feminine] (Portuguese), conhecimento de embarque [masculine] (Portuguese), conosament [neuter] (Romanian), коноса́ме́нт (konosámént) [masculine] (Russian), накладна́я (nakladnája) [feminine] (Russian), conocimiento de embarque [masculine] (Spanish), коносаме́нт (konosamént) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bil llwytho [masculine] (Welsh), derbynneb lwytho [feminine] (Welsh)

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