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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consignment \Con*sign"ment\, n.
1. The act of consigning; consignation.
2. (Com.) The act of consigning or sending property to an
agent or correspondent in another place as for care
sale, etc
3. (Com.) That which is consigned; the goods or commodities
sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one
conveyance.
To increase your consignments of this valuable
branch of national commerce. --Burke.
4. The writing by which anything is consigned.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
consignment
n 1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: {cargo}, {lading}, {freight},
{load}, {loading}, {payload}, {shipment}]
2: the official act of consigning a person to a prison (or
mental hospital) [syn: {commitment}, {committal}]
3: the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
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