Meaning of consignment | Babel Free

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1. 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.
2. on consignment, (of goods) sent to a reseller who pays only for what is sold and who may return anything unsold.
3. 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,...
4. 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...
5. The act of consigning.
6. Something consigned.
7. the act of consigning; commitment
8. (Commerce) a shipment of goods consigned
9. (Commerce) on consignment for payment by the consignee after sale: he made the last shipment on consignment.
10. something that is consigned.

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