consignment

noun

Definition of consignmentnext
1
as in entrustment

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as in cargo

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Recent Examples of consignment Brands operating on a concession or consignment model have recovered close to what they were owed. — Rachel Felder, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026 The consignment came at a dire time for the gallery, which has faced multiple lawsuits in recent years, including one filed by artist Jeffrey Gibson, alleging the gallery was withholding hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales proceeds. — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026 The consignment, weighing 1,024 kilograms (about 2,257 pounds), was placed in a high-temperature kiln and destroyed as government officials watched. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 The living room’s vintage Fortuny drapes are the exception that proves the rule, spotted by Higgins in a Newport consignment shop mid-vacation and hung exactly as found. — Caroline Randall Williams, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for consignment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consignment
  1. entrustment
  2. cargo
  3. accreditation
  4. shipment
  5. mandate
  6. freight
  7. promotion
  8. loading
Noun
  • Kenneth has been charged with obstructing official business and wrongful entrustment.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • Duncan Disposal, also named as a defendant in the lawsuit, is accused of vicarious liability, negligent hiring, retention and supervision, and negligent entrustment.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of entrustment
Noun
  • The original bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River in March 2024 after a cargo ship lost power and struck it, killing six construction workers.
    — CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • SpaceX ultimately became the biggest success story of NASA’s commercial crew and cargo programs, allowing the space agency to send astronauts to the International Space Station without relying on Russia’s Soyuz rocket.
    — Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of cargo
Noun
  • The winners will represent Chile at Books at Berlinale 2027, with accreditation fees, travel and accommodation covered.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
  • But with accreditation, the county hopes other agencies will start using it.
    — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of accreditation
Noun
  • Mosgrave will include a card in each club shipment explaining what’s included, with some background on the producers.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Any war in the Pacific would bring with it massive risk premiums for maritime shipment insurance that might cause shipping firms to balk.
    — JOEL WUTHNOW, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of shipment
Noun
  • Forcing an all-lawyer mandate statewide does not automatically improve the court.
    — Eric Wargotz, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026
  • State law mandates that voters must register at least 15 days before an election.
    — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of mandate
Noun
  • Judah Levine, Freightos' head of research, said in addition to higher fuel, demand for fast shipping of hardware used to build data centers is helping to boost air freight rates, even weeks before peak last-minute holiday packages take to the skies.
    — Laya Neelakandan,Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • PlusAI is a company working on autonomous trucking solutions with Nvidia, and the sand was in the trailers to simulate freight loads.
    — Nick Indge, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of freight
Noun
  • The Black Friday promotion brings the K70's price down to US$699, with a US$600 saving and complimentary promotional extras.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Hegseth’s unprecedented intervention in the meritocratic promotion process has dramatically altered the military’s upper echelons.
    — Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of promotion
Noun
  • Once the hulls are complete, teams in the United States will handle reactor assembly, fuel loading, and final integration.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The boot manager is responsible for the initial loading of the OS.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of loading

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“Consignment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consignment. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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