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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. depositing in a warehouse;
- Example: "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"
- Example: "my car is in storage"
- Example: "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing"
[syn: repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Warehouse \Ware"house`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warehoused; p. pr. & vb. n. Warehousing.] [1913 Webster] 1. To deposit or secure in a warehouse. [1913 Webster] 2. To place in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Warehousing \Ware"hous`ing\, n. The act of placing goods in a warehouse, or in a customhouse store. [1913 Webster] Warehousing system, an arrangement for lodging imported articles in the customhouse stores, without payment of duties until they are taken out for home consumption. If reexported, they are not charged with a duty. See Bonded warehouse, under Bonded, a. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

warehousing n 1: depositing in a warehouse; "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing" [syn: repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing]