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Meanings of forwarding agent in English

A person or company that organizes shipments for individuals or other companies.

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Examples for "forwarder"
Examples for "forwarder"
1
This is the deadlock; and this is why we never get any forwarder.
Kimono
2
The form and shape of the book depend wholly, indeed, on the forwarder.
A Book for All Readers / An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Pres...
3
Few were forwarder than they; few had smoother water or more prosperous gales.
The Rocky Island / and Other Similitudes
4
The writer is known to be young, and things are none the forwarder.
Impressions of Theophrastus Such
5
But to her he only appeared as the ready forwarder of Aimée's devices.
Wives and Daughters
1
Send: Digital freight forwarder and customs broker for Africa.
The South African
2
Robinson to buy freight forwarder Phoenix for $635 million C.H.
Reuters
3
The company, which describes itself as "a freight forwarder for the Internet age", is an unlikely podcast sponsor.
Wired
4
Denmark's DSV fell 2.1 percent after its bid for Panalpina hit a road block when the Swiss freight forwarder's top shareholder rejected the offer.
Reuters
5
Expanding in Switzerland has met obstacles, however, as Andersen failed last year in his $1.55 billion bid for Swiss freight forwarder CEVA Logistics.
Reuters
Usage of forwarding agent in English
1
The commander of the post was more a forwarding agent than a military officer.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /...
2
He had a man with him-forwardingagent, he called him.
The Vultures
3
" Forwarding agents"-theywere moving into it.
In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales