manifest
Definition
Transport document that serves as a tally-sheet, and gives a detailed summary of all bills of lading (or air waybills) issued by a carrier (or its agent) for a particular voyage of a particular vessel or vehicle. For cargo carrying vessels or vehicles, a manifest lists its consignor, consignee, number, origin, destination, value, and other such information primarily for use by the customs authorities. Where the vessel or vehicle carries passengers, it lists their names, port of embarkation, port of disembarkation, etc., primarily for use by the immigration authorities.
manifest is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance, International Trade & Relations and Shipping, Transport, & Travel subjects.
manifest appears in the definitions of the following terms:
ship's papers,
malaria,
lifestyle,
manifest system,
substitution effect,
negligent,
reactive,
ship's manifest,
self-actualization,
threshold dose
and
manifest appears in the other terms: container manifest, manifest error
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