consignment store

noun

US
: a store to which people bring items that they no longer want (such as old clothes, shoes, and equipment) to have them sold
I brought some old clothes to a consignment store, and when they were sold I received a portion of the sale price.

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Holly Heenan, 51, opened a consignment store on Girard Avenue in Philadelphia's Fishtown neighborhood after a complicated battle with breast cancer. Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 Undergarments And Swimwear Johnson accepts clothing at her consignment store but will never take undergarments or swimwear from those looking to part ways with such items. Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026 For 25 years, Rachel Bernhardt has owned and operated her consignment store in Litchfield, in a spacious retail space on Route 202. Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026 Jennifer Mayrath, the general manager at Clotheshorse Anonymous, a luxury consignment store, sees this change firsthand. Mari Sato The Dallas Morning News, Arkansas Online, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for consignment store

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“Consignment store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consignment%20store. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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