drop-ship

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 345 words | Copyright

drop-ship / ˈdräp ˌship/ • v. (-shipped, -ship·ping) [tr.] move (goods) from the manufacturer directly to the retailer without going through the usual distribution channels: the shopping network has begun drop-shipping orders taken by telephone or over the Internet. DERIVATIVES: drop ship·ment n.

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