consignment

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noun

con·​sign·​ment kən-ˈsīn-mənt 

1

: the act or process of consigning

2

: something consigned especially in a single shipment

consignment

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adjective

: of, relating to, or received as goods on consignment

a consignment sale

Phrases

on consignment

: shipped to a dealer who pays only for what is sold and who may return what is unsold

goods shipped on consignment

Examples of consignment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

For The RealReal, a business that takes pieces on consignment, Wainwright understood that there needed to be ways to qualify and quantify prices, in a manner that is perhaps specific to the apparel industry. —Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025

Nine such complaints were filed with the bureau between September 2021 and March 2024; all of them allege that the consignment shop failed to make payments within 30-60 days of sale and detail examples of the owner not returning phone calls, according to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. —Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 7 June 2025

Adjective

TheRealReal is a consignment store with the benefit and convenience of buying and selling straight from your phone. —Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 25 Jan. 2023

There is a consignment period for 90 days for sellers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 180 days for sellers outside of the UAE and 365 for sellers in Italy. —Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Apr. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1668, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1913, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing consignment

• consignment store

Rhymes for consignment

• alignment
• alinement
• assignment
• confinement
• refinement
• misalignment
• nonalignment
• realignment
• reassignment
• reconsignment

Kids Definition

consignment

noun

con·​sign·​ment

kən-ˈsīn-mənt

1

: the act or process of consigning

2

: something consigned especially in a single shipment