bill of lading

1. 1.

   a receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery

   Synonymswaybill

   Broaderreceipt

Questions about bill of lading

What does bill of lading mean?

bill of lading means "a receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery".

What is another word for bill of lading?

Close synonyms include waybill. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bill of lading a common word?

bill of lading is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.