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consignment
[kuhn-sahyn-muhnt]
noun
the act of consigning.
something that is consigned.
Commerce.property sent to an agent for sale, storage, or shipment.
adjective
of, relating to, or shipped as goods on consignment.
consignment selling of gift items.
consignment
/ əˈɪԳəԳ /
noun
the act of consigning; commitment
a shipment of goods consigned
for payment by the consignee after sale
he made the last shipment on consignment
Other 51Թ Forms
- nonconsignment noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of consignment1
Idioms and Phrases
on consignment, (of goods) sent to an agent for sale, with title being held by the consignor until a sale is made.
Example Sentences
After zigzagging hundreds of miles across Europe, the contents of the consignment had been verified five days earlier by customs officers at Schipol Airport in the Netherlands, ready for its road trip to Belgium.
And they are no longer paying him on delivery, he says, instead adopting a "sale or return" model where consignments not sold are returned to the company, entirely transferring the risk to the manufacturer.
There were too many opportunities for police to intercept consignments.
The weapons consignment, which needs approval from US House and Senate committees, includes missiles, shells and other munitions.
The weapons consignment, which needs approval from House and Senate committees, includes air-to-air missiles to be used against airborne threats, including drones, the official said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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