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LADING (from " to lade," O. Eng. hladan, to put cargo on board; cf. " load "), BILL OF

LADING (from " to lade," O. Eng. hladan, to put See also:
CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)
cargo on See also:
BOARD (O. Eng. bord)
board; cf. " load "), See also:
BILL
BILL OF , the document given as See also:

RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

receipt by the See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of a See also:

MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant See also:

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel to the consignor of goods, as a See also:

GUARANTEE (sometimes spelt " guarantie " or " guaranty "; an O. Fr. form of " warrant," from the Teutonic word which appears in German as wahren, to defend or make safe and binding)

guarantee for their safe delivery to the consignee .

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