consignment
consignment is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Com.) The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc.
- 2.(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.
- 3.The writing by which anything is consigned.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accession
- administer
- administration
- agency
- agent
- agentship
- allocate
- allocation
- allot
- allotment
- allowance
- and
- appoint
- appointment
- apportion
- apportionment
- appropriate
- appropriation
- assign
- assignment
- attorney
- authority
- billet
- bird
- brevet
- captive
- capture
- carve
- cast
- charge
- charter
- clerkship
- close
- come
- commission
- consignee
- contingent
- coronation
- custody
- deal
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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