noun
- the act of consigning.
- something that is consigned.
- Commerce. property sent to an agent for sale, storage, or shipment.
adjective
- of, relating to, or shipped as goods on consignment: consignment selling of gift items.
Idioms
- on consignment, (of goods) sent to an agent for sale, with title being held by the consignor until a sale is made.
noun
- the act of consigning; commitment
- a shipment of goods consigned
- on consignment for payment by the consignee after salehe made the last shipment on consignment
n.1560s, “sealing with a sign,” from consign + -ment. Meaning “delivering over” is from 1660s; especially of goods, for the sake of sale or auction, from c.1700. Meaning “quantity of goods so assigned” is recorded from 1720s.