Consignment definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CONSIGNMENT, n. 1. The act of consigning; consignation; the act of ... to a factor for sale; as, A received a large consignment of goods from B. 3. The writing by which any ... large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment] 2: the official act of consigning a person to confinement ... as in a prison or mental hospital) [syn: commitment, committal, consignment] 3: the delivery of goods for sale or disposal Merriam ... Date: 1913 of, relating to, or received as goods on consignment < a consignment sale > Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 the ...
... as in a prison or mental hospital) [syn: commitment, committal, consignment] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1603 1. a. an act ... of committing to a charge or trust: as (1) a consignment to a penal or mental institution (2) an act of ... act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison. They were glad ... campaign, care, cause, charge, commendation, commission, commissioning, committal, committedness, consecration, consignment, constancy, contract, crusade, cure, deal, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, dedication, deference ...
... pre and consign.] To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Preconsign Pre`con*sign", v ... vb. n. Preconsigning.] To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
... something) to a particular class or category 3: mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Removal, transference, consignment. 2. Banishment, exile, deportation, expatriation.
... paper or parchment. 2. A title. 3. An address or consignment of a book to a person, as a mark of ... tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle. 4. An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person ...
... as in a prison or mental hospital) [syn: commitment, committal, consignment] 2: the act of committing a crime [syn: perpetration, commission, committal] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1789 commitment, consignment Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 the act of committing a ...
... a bill of goods about a secondhand car" 2: a consignment of merchandise Merriam Webster's Date: 1842 1. a consignment of merchandise 2. something intentionally misrepresented ; something passed off in ...