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consignment

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con·sign·ment  (kn-snmnt)
n.
1. The act of consigning.
2. Something consigned.
Idiom:
on consignment
With the provision that payment is expected only on completed sales and that unsold items may be returned to the one consigning: The retailer accepted the shipment on consignment.

consignment
Noun
1. a shipment of goods
2. the act or an instance of consigning: the goods are sent to Hong Kong for onward consignment to customers in the area
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.consignmentconsignment - goods carried by a large vehicle
merchandise, product, ware - commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"
2.consignment - the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
confinement - the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
3.consignment - the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
bringing, delivery - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"

consignment
Translations
Spanish consignment [kɔnˈsaɪnmənt] nenvío
French consignment [kənˈsaɪnmənt] narrivage m, envoi m
German consignment [kənˈsaɪnmənt] consign nSendung f, Lieferung f
Italian consignment [kənˈsaɪnmənt] nconsegna; spedizione f

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The following morning the cages would be filled with a new consignment of victims, and so on throughout the ten days of the games.
Before Betsy had time to walk out of the drawing-room, she was met in the doorway by Stepan Arkadyevitch, who had just come from Yeliseev's, where a consignment of fresh oysters had been received.
Men of position and of influence spent their evenings on our veranda, among others the Melbourne agent for the Lady Jermyn, the likeliest vessel then lying in the harbor, and the one to which the first consignment of gold-dust would be entrusted if only a skipper could be found to replace the deserter who took you out.
 
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