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consignment
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Example Sentences
Origin
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con·sign·ment
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noun
1.
the act of
consigning
.
2.
something that is
consigned
.
3.
Commerce
.
property sent to an agent for sale, storage, or shipment.
Consignment
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Huge selection of Consignment items.
Ad
adjective
4.
of, pertaining to, or shipped as goods on consignment:
consignment selling of gift items.
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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Idiom
5.
on consignment,
(of goods) sent to an agent for sale, with title being held by the consignor until a sale is made.
Origin:
1555–65;
consign
+
-ment
Related forms
non·con·sign·ment,
noun
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Consignment
shopping makes sense for anyone with more brains than bucks.
See if you can find a high-end
consignment
store in your area.
He revealed that the heroin seized from under the seat of his car was only half the
consignment
.
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Consignment
shopping makes sense for anyone with more brains than bucks.
See if you can find a high-end
consignment
store in your area.
He revealed that the heroin seized from under the seat of his car was only half the
consignment
.
If you are not crafty, you should check out
consignment
shops for second hand costumes.
Consider buying your crisply pressed trousers and blouses from thrift or
consignment
stores.
The stoves and the
consignment
model were both successful.
Although each individual
consignment
of data is tiny, they add up.
If there is no gown in your family, scour vintage and
consignment
shops to find a dress that can be altered to fit.
Offer to sell to stores on
consignment
rather than asking for payment up front.
Second, it takes the decision about whether a
consignment
is legitimate out of the hands of inspectors in the field.
Counter-cyclical businesses such as
consignment
stores of all types are doing well in this economy.
There is no spoilage from goods returned from
consignment
.
Recession fears and consumer guilt make high-end
consignment
shops chic destinations.
Winning a
consignment
takes patience, hard work and luck.
Alternatively, drop your dress off at a
consignment
shop that handles bridal.
Often the delivery of a
consignment
of fruit over the last fifty miles of its.
Roth, found that the oral agreement was a
consignment
arrangement that ended when the artist died.
Beeferman's flyer, a decidedly nondigital approach, helped him get his virtual
consignment
shop running seven months ago.
There was barely enough money to rent a small, shabby theater and buy costumes at
consignment
shops.
Consignment
shops, she said, also have bargains on silver and china these days.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
consignment
(kənˈsaɪnmənt)
—
n
1.
the act of consigning; commitment
2.
a shipment of goods consigned
3.
on consignment
for payment by the consignee after sale:
he made the last shipment on consignment
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
consignment
1560s, "sealing with a sign," from
consign
+
-ment
. Meaning "delivering over" is from 1660s; especially of goods, for the sake of sale or auction, from c.1700. Meaning "quantity of goods so assigned" is recorded from 1720s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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