Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that forwards, especially an agent that facilitates and assures the passage of received goods to their destination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who forwards or sends forward; specifically, in the United States, one who ships or sends forward goods for others to their destination by the instrumentality of third persons; a forwarding merchant.
- noun One who forwards, promotes, advances, or furthers.
- noun In bookbinding, a workman who, after receiving the sewed book, puts on its back and covers, trims its edges, and fits it for the finisher.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who forwards or promotes; a promoter.
- noun (Com.) One who sends forward anything
- noun (Bookbinding) One employed in forwarding.
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- adjective
superlative form offorward . - noun One who, or that which,
forwards something to anotherdestination .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It sometimes leads to embarrassment or career or social problems for the person to whom it happens, but in the end, redirecting attention to the forwarder is just a dodge.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Caution About Sending E-Mails — and About Trust 2010
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It sometimes leads to embarrassment or career or social problems for the person to whom it happens, but in the end, redirecting attention to the forwarder is just adodge.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Caution About Sending E-Mails — and About Trust 2010
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The freight forwarder is also the Customs broker, so they handle most of the transaction for you, I'm told (of course it is the forwarder's job to sell his service and what they promise on this end and what actually takes place at the other end may not be the same and, and then once you're there and your stuff is there, you do whatever you have to do to get it $$$).
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The forwarder is an attorney-in-training who knowingly and with (quite literally) malice aforethought disclosed private correspondence in order to damage an ex-friend’s reputation.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Caution About Sending E-Mails — and About Trust 2010
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Trying to pretend that this controversy is “really” about the forwarder is about as convincing as trying to pretend that Watergate was “really” about W. Mark Felt and his lack of discretion.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Caution About Sending E-Mails — and About Trust 2010
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One writer upon book-binding terms the forwarder of the book an artizan, and the finisher an artist; but both should have the true artist's taste, in order to produce the work that shall commend itself by intrinsic excellence.
A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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The book, or the pile of books, then passes to the "forwarder," who
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An internal investigation by Global Santa Fe Corp., for example, found that it might have violated U.S. sanctions laws after a freight forwarder shipped goods to its rig in Turkmenistan through Iran, according to company filings.
Settlements Near In Bribery Case Kara Scannell 2010
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The freight forwarder and logistics company is a good barometer of export trade volume, which is critical to ramping up the economic recovery.
Gauging the economic climate: The companies with earnings reports to watch Jeffrey R. Kosnett 2010
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The e-mail was forwarded six months after it was sent, after a falling-out among the sender and the forwarder.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Caution About Sending E-Mails — and About Trust 2010
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