"consignment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kənˈsaɪnmənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-consignment.wav [Southern-England] Forms: consignments [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪnmənt Etymology: consign + -ment Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|consign|ment}} consign + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} consignment (countable and uncountable, plural consignments)
  1. A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent): пратка (pratka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 寄銷 (Chinese Mandarin), 寄销 (jìxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), zásilka [feminine] (Czech), lähetys (Finnish), tavaraerä (Finnish), envoi [masculine] (French), consignation [feminine] (French), consigna [feminine] (Galician), Sendung [feminine] (German), משגור (mishgór) [masculine] (Hebrew), küldemény (Hungarian), szállítmány (Hungarian), laad [masculine] (Manx), forsendelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), przesyłka [feminine] (Polish), przesyłka konsygnowana [feminine, rare] [technical, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Polish), па́ртия (pártija) [feminine] (Russian), consigna [feminine] (Spanish), varusändning (Swedish), varuparti (Swedish), försändelse (Swedish), sevkiyat (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-consignment-en-noun-dq6qsCZx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 24 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of 'A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent': 84 2 13
  2. The act of consigning. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of consigning): bizomány (Hungarian), wysyłka [feminine] (Polish), przekazanie [neuter] (Polish), consignação [feminine] (Portuguese), sevk etme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-consignment-en-noun-IZXj6Et4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 24 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of 'the act of consigning': 4 91 5
  3. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-consignment-en-noun-QmOI73-A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 24 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 35 32 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: consignment note, consignment shop Related terms: consignee, consignor

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
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      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
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      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "word": "försändelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "word": "sevkiyat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of consigning",
      "word": "bizomány"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act of consigning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wysyłka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act of consigning",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "przekazanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of consigning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consignação"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act of consigning",
      "word": "sevk etme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "consignment"
}

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