'receiving note' definitions:
Definition of 'receiving note'
From: GCIDE
- Shipping note \Ship"ping note\ (Com.) A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the
- receiving note, addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, on receiving whose signature it is called the
- mate's receipt, and is surrendered by the shipper for the bills of lading. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]