consignment of goods
31consignment — The act or process of consigning goods; the transportation of goods consigned; an article or collection of goods sent to a factor; goods or property sent, by the aid of a common carrier, from one person in one place to another person in another… …
32Consignment — When goods are delivered to another company with the understanding that payment for the goods is only made once the goods are sold. Consignment can cover just about any type of business. It is advantageous for the seller of consigned goods,… …
33consignment — con|sign|ment [ kən saınmənt ] noun 1. ) count an amount of goods delivered: Another consignment of nuclear waste is due to arrive tomorrow. a ) uncount the act of delivering goods to someone who has bought them 2. ) uncount FORMAL the act of… …
34consignment — The entrusting of goods to another, to a carrier for delivery to a consignee designated or to one who is to sell the goods for the consignor. A consignment is nothing more than a bailment for sale. Re Sachs (DC Md) 21 F2d 984, 986 …
35consignment — I. noun Date: circa 1668 1. the act or process of consigning 2. something consigned especially in a single shipment II. adjective Date: 1913 of, relating to, or received as goods on consignment < a consignment sale > …
36consignment — 1. adjective a consignment clothing shop Syn: secondhand, used, preowned, castoff, hand me down 2. noun Dexter has to initial the paperwork for any consignment Syn: delivery, shipment, load, boatload, truckload, cargo; batch; goods …
37consignment — noun 1 (C) a quantity of goods delivered at the same time (+ of): a new consignment of computer games 2 (U) the act of delivering things …
38consignment — noun a) A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent b) The act of consigning See Also: consignee, consignor …
39consignment — Synonyms and related words: abalienation, agency, agentship, alienation, amortization, amortizement, assignation, assignment, authority, authorization, baggage, bargain and sale, barter, bequeathal, brevet, care, cargo, cession, charge,… …
40consignment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. goods, shipment; delivery, consignation, commitment; allotment, assignment. See apportionment, commission, transfer. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. assignment, entrusting, delivery, transferal,… …
