consignment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun goods carried by a large vehicle
    load; cargo; lading; shipment; loading; freight; payload.
  2. noun the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
    committal; commitment.
  3. noun the delivery of goods for sale or disposal

WordNet


Con*sign"ment noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913