- warehouseman
- noun Date: 1635 a person who manages or works in a warehouse
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Warehouseman — Ware house man, n.; pl. {Warehousemen}. 1. One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store. [1913 Webster] 2. One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
warehouseman — An individual who is regularly engaged in the business of receiving and storing goods of others in exchange for compensation or profit. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. warehouseman … Law dictionary
warehouseman — UK US /ˈweəhaʊsmən/ noun [C] (plural warehousemen) (also warehouse keeper) ► HR, COMMERCE someone who works in or manages a warehouse … Financial and business terms
Warehouseman — A warehouseman can be someone who works in a warehouse, usually delivering goods for sale or storage, or, in older usage, someone who owns a warehouse and sells goods directly from it or from a shop fronting onto the warehouse (similar to a… … Wikipedia
warehouseman's lien — A statutory lien which affords a warehouseman the right to retain possession of goods stored until storage charges are paid in full (SA Bankruptcy.com) The charge that a warehouseman has on goods left for storage in his care. The warehouseman has … Glossary of Bankruptcy
Warehouseman's itch — Warehouseman Ware house man, n.; pl. {Warehousemen}. 1. One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store. [1913 Webster] 2. One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods. [Eng.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
warehouseman's lien — The right of a warehouseman to retain possession of the goods of another, stored with him, until the satisfaction of his charge or charges for the storage, interest, and advances made by him for insurance, labor, and other expenses in reference… … Ballentine's law dictionary
warehouseman's risk — A policy of insurance covering the contents of a warehouse, sometimes limited to the interest which the warehouseman has in the stored property, at other times covering only margins uninsured by other policies on the stored prop erty. Home Ins Co … Ballentine's law dictionary
warehouseman's lien — noun right of a warehouseman to retain goods until all storage charges have been paid • Hypernyms: ↑lien … Useful english dictionary
warehouseman — /wair hows meuhn/, n., pl. warehousemen. 1. a person who stores goods for others for pay. 2. a person who is employed in or who manages a warehouse. [1625 35; WAREHOUSE + MAN] * * * … Universalium
