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• consignment — I noun allocation, allotment, appropriation, assignation, assignment, cession, concession, consignation, conveyance, conveyancing, delivering to, dispatchment, distribution, expressage, goods shipped, interchange, merchandise sent, sending,… …   Law dictionary

• Consignment stock — is stock legally owned by one party, but held by another. Contents 1 Ownership 2 Accounting 3 See also 4 External links …   Wikipedia

• consignment account — ➔ account1 * * * consignment account UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE an account for goods that is sent to a person or company that is not the owner but is responsible for selling them or returning them to the owner if they are not sold: »The value of… …   Financial and business terms

• consignment invoice — ➔ invoice1 * * * consignment invoice UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE an invoice for goods that is sent to a person or company that is not the owner but that is responsible for selling the goods or returning them to the owner if they are not sold: »In… …   Financial and business terms

• consignment note — ➔ note1 * * * consignment note UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE a document that shows the details of goods that have been sent from a seller to a buyer, and that travels with the goods: »rail/air/road consignment note → See also BILL OF LADING( …   Financial and business terms

• consignment store — UK US noun [C] US ► COMMERCE a store where people can take items that they no longer want so that they can be sold for them. If the items are not sold, they are returned to the owner: »The percentage of the price that the consignment store… …   Financial and business terms

• consignment — [n1] entrusting, handing over assignment, committal, dispatch, distribution, relegation, sending shipment, transmittal; concepts 108,143,217 Ant. holding, keeping, retention consignment [n2] something entrusted to another’s care batch, delivery,… …   New thesaurus

• consignment — [kən sīn′mənt] n. 1. a consigning or being consigned 2. something consigned; esp., a shipment of goods sent to a dealer for sale or safekeeping on consignment shipped or turned over to a dealer for sale, with payment to the owner to follow sale …   English World dictionary

• Consignment — Con*sign ment, n. 1. The act of consigning; consignation. [1913 Webster] 2. (Com.) The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. (Com.) That which is consigned;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• consignment — 1560s, sealing with a sign, from CONSIGN (Cf. consign) + MENT (Cf. 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 …   Etymology dictionary

• consignment contract — Consignment of goods to another (consignee) for sale under agreement that consignee will pay consignor for any sold goods and will return any unsold goods. A bailment for sale …   Black's law dictionary