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English Dictionary: consignment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for consignment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
consignment n goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment] the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) Synonym(s): commitment, committal, consignment the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consignment \Con*sign"ment\, n. 1. The act of consigning; consignation. 2. (Com.) The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc. 3. (Com.) That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance. To increase your consignments of this valuable branch of national commerce. --Burke. 4. The writing by which anything is consigned.