A receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery.
Document issued by a carrier (or their agent) to acknowledge receipt of cargo for shipment.
1The drayman came in and handed the druggist the bill of lading.
2And as Margie scanned the bill of lading she began to relax.
3What bill of lading was it you wanted to see me about?
4And the bill of lading gone a missing in the post.
5Two copies of the bill of lading should be made out.
6Have the bill of lading handed over to our agent to check up.
7An order bill of lading is one that may be transferred upon indorsement.
8The mate's receipt is afterwards exchanged for the bill of lading.
9A bill of lading so indorsed is said to be indorsed ''in blank.''
10Am I not to have a bill of lading, or how!
11She has not got her bill of lading stuck upon her broadside, I suppose?
12The goods shipped are described in a paper called a " bill of lading."
13We want a rebate on that bill of lading.
14Transshipment goods on a through bill of lading.
15This is done by means of a bill of lading, to which is attached a draft.
16It may not have been a manifest-itmay have been an invoice or a bill of lading.
Translations for bill of lading