"consignment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈsaɪnmənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-consignment.wav Forms: consignments [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪnmənt Etymology: From 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)
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  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)
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  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
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: consignment note, consignment shop Related terms: consignee, consignor

Inflected forms

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        "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."
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
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    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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    {
      "word": "consignment note"
    },
    {
      "word": "consignment shop"
    }
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      "tags": [
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    }
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      "word": "consignor"
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          "ref": "1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 377",
          "text": "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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        "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent."
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        "The act of consigning."
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        "uncountable"
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        "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."
      ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pratka",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пратка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "word": "寄銷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìxiāo",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "word": "寄销"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zásilka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "word": "lähetys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "word": "tavaraerä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "envoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consignation"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consigna"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sendung"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mishgór",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "משגור"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "word": "küldemény"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "word": "szállítmány"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laad"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forsendelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przesyłka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "technical",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "przesyłka konsygnowana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pártija",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́ртия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consigna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "word": "varusändning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent",
      "word": "varuparti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "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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