consignment

noun
/kənˈsaɪnmənt/

Etymology

From consign + -ment.

  1. derived from cōnsignō
  2. borrowed from consigner
  3. suffixed as consignment — “consign + ment

Definitions

  1. A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.

  2. The act of consigning.

  3. The sale of one's own goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor, in…

    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.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for consignment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA