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2 definitions found 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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