Reshippers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Those who send goods on again after receiving them, often forwarding items to a new destination
2. Companies or people that dispatch shipments a second time, typically passing received freight along to another address
3. Agents or firms that take delivered merchandise and transport it onward to a further recipient or location

Etymology: "Reshippers" is the plural of "reshipper," a noun formed from the verb "reship" with the agentive suffix "-er," so it denotes those who reship, that is, people or businesses that ship goods again after they have already been shipped. "Reship" itself combines the prefix "re-," meaning again, with "ship," which in this sense means to send or transport goods by any carrier. The suffix "-er" simply turns the action into the one performing it, so the word is a straightforward piece of transparent English word-building rather than something borrowed from another language.