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consignment definition

con·sign·ment (kən sīn′mənt)

noun

  1. a consigning or being consigned
  2. something consigned; esp., a shipment of goods sent to a dealer for sale or safekeeping
consignment Idioms

on consignment

shipped or turned over to a dealer for sale, with payment to the owner to follow sale

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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