consignments

[kuhn-sahyn-muhnt]

con·sign·ment

[kuhn-sahyn-muhnt]
noun
1.
the act of consigning.
2.
something that is consigned.
3.
Commerce. property sent to an agent for sale, storage, or shipment.
adjective
4.
of, pertaining to, or shipped as goods on consignment: consignment selling of gift items.

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Consignments is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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

non·con·sign·ment, noun
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