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SHIP BROKER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does ship broker mean?

• SHIP BROKER (noun)
The noun SHIP BROKER has 1 sense:

1. an agent for the ship owner; obtains cargo and may arrange for its loading or discharge

Familiarity information: SHIP BROKER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SHIP BROKER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An agent for the ship owner; obtains cargo and may arrange for its loading or discharge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ship broker" is a kind of...):

agent; broker; factor (a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission)

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