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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