Phrase guide

bill of lading

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: economics, sciences, shipping, transport

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: manifest, bill of goods

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: manifest, bill of goods

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: waybill

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: receipt

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بُولِيصَةُ شَحْنٍ (būlīṣatu šaḥnin) — waybill for transport by boat
  • Bulgarian: товари́телница (tovarítelnica) — waybill for transport by boat
  • Bulgarian: коносаме́нт (konosamént) — waybill for transport by boat
  • Catalan: coneixement — waybill for transport by boat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 提貨單 /提货单 (tíhuòdān) — waybill for transport by boat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 提單 /提单 (tídān) — waybill for transport by boat
  • Dutch: cognossement — waybill for transport by boat
  • Dutch: beurtvaartadres — waybill for transport by boat
  • Finnish: konossementti — waybill for transport by boat
  • Finnish: rahtikirja — waybill for transport by boat
  • French: connaissement — waybill for transport by boat
  • Galician: coñecemento de embarque — waybill for transport by boat
  • German: Konnossement — waybill for transport by boat
  • Hungarian: hajóraklevél — waybill for transport by boat
  • Hungarian: hajórakjegy — waybill for transport by boat
  • Indonesian: konosemen — waybill for transport by boat
  • Indonesian: surat muatan kapal — waybill for transport by boat
  • Irish: bille luchtaithe — waybill for transport by boat
  • Italian: polizza di carico — waybill for transport by boat
  • Japanese: 船荷証券 (funani shōken) — waybill for transport by boat
  • Korean: 선하증권 (seonhajeunggwon) — waybill for transport by boat
  • Central Kurdish: بارنامە (barname) — waybill for transport by boat
  • Polish: konosament — waybill for transport by boat
  • Portuguese: carta de porte — waybill for transport by boat
  • Portuguese: conhecimento de embarque — waybill for transport by boat
  • Romanian: conosament — waybill for transport by boat
  • Russian: коноса́мент (konosáment) — waybill for transport by boat
  • Russian: коносаме́нт (konosamént) — waybill for transport by boat
  • Russian: накладна́я (nakladnája) — waybill for transport by boat
  • Serbo-Croatian: teretnica — waybill for transport by boat
  • Spanish: conocimiento de embarque — waybill for transport by boat
  • Spanish: manifiesto de carga — waybill for transport by boat
  • Spanish: guía — waybill for transport by boat
  • Ukrainian: коноса́мент (konosáment) — waybill for transport by boat
  • Ukrainian: коносаме́нт (konosamént) — waybill for transport by boat
  • Welsh: bil llwytho — waybill for transport by boat
  • Welsh: derbynneb lwytho — waybill for transport by boat