Definitions for: Consignment

[n] the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
[n] the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
[n] goods carried by a large vehicle

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: cargo, commitment, committal, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment

See Also: bringing, confinement, delivery, merchandise, product, wares

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