Meaning of consignment | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.
   countable, uncountable
2. 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.
3. on consignment, (of goods) sent to a reseller who pays only for what is sold and who may return anything unsold.
4. The sale of one's own goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor, in exchange for a portion of the sale price, and with the consigner retaining ownership of the goods until they are sold or abandoned.
   countable, uncountable
5. to put into or deliver to; to transfer. The little boy was consigned to his grandmother's care. toevertrou, plaas يَعْهَد (بِالطِّفْل) изпращам entregar svěřit; vydat; zaslat übergeben overlade; overdrage παραδίδω, μεταφέρωconfiar, encomendar saatma, toimetama تحویل دادن؛ سپردن به siirtää confier לִשׁלוֹח अर्पण करना izručiti, predati átad, rábíz menaruh, menyerahkan senda; fela á hendur affidare ゆだねる 위탁하다 atiduoti, nugabenti, (pa)siųsti atdot; nodot; nosūtīt mengamanahkan toevertrouwenovergi,...
6. a load (of goods). the latest consignment of books. afsending, sending إرْسالِيَّه، بِضاعَة مُرْسَلَه пратка remessa zásilka die Sendung forsendelse αποστολή, φορτίοremesa, envío saadetis محموله؛ مرسوله lähetys envoiמשלוח खेप uručenje, predaja küldemény penyerahan vörusending consegna, invio 委託 탁송, 위탁물 siunta (preču) nosūtīšana; nosūtītās preces; krava; konosaments konsainan zendingforsendelse, sending, partiprzesyłka, dostawa ليږنه، ليږل شوى مال، هغه ما لچه نماينچه ته دپلور لودپاره استول كيږ...
7. The act of consigning.
8. Something consigned.
9. the act of consigning; commitment
10. (Commerce) a shipment of goods consigned
11. (Commerce) on consignment for payment by the consignee after sale: he made the last shipment on consignment.
12. something that is consigned.

Equivalents

Examples

“To E. M. McVicker and Co., Southampton, England. "We undertake no guarantee for goods damaged in transit. As soon as the consignment was taken on board we drew your captain's attention to the fact that the vessel was unsuitable for the transport of Robots, and we are therefore not responsible for spoiled freight. We beg to remain for Rossum's Universal Robots. Yours truly."”

“In order to provide for a large measure of rail participation in countrywide collection and delivery of small consignments—a task they were never particularly well suited to do, and which they did only because the horse and cart were worse—the railways sacrificed their main advantages.”

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