warehousing

English

Etymology

From warehouse +‎ -ing.

Noun

warehousing (plural warehousings)

1. The act of storing goods in a warehouse.
   • 1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives

     […] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c.

   • 1999, Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, published 2001, page 90:

     Warehousing was vital in a time when storms, poor harvests and wars made supplies unreliable.

Derived terms

• data warehousing

 

Translations

the act of storing goods in a warehouse

• French: entreposage (fr) m

Verb

warehousing

1. present participle and gerund of warehouse