Antonyms for consignment

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuh n-sahyn-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsaɪn mənt

Definition of consignment

Origin : 1560s, "sealing with a sign," from consign + -ment. Meaning "delivering over" is from 1660s; especially of goods, for the sake of sale or auction, from c.1700. Meaning "quantity of goods so assigned" is recorded from 1720s.

noun entrusting, handing over
noun something entrusted to another's care

Example sentences :

"There goes a consignment of men's lives," said Mrs. Vansittart to her companion.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

He informs us that you refused to receive the consignment or to pay the charges.
Extract from : « "Pigs is Pigs" » by Ellis Parker Butler

I was down on the levee, to see to the consignment of my freight, and run afoul of her.
Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton

I got a letter from Whiteley's this morning asking when my first consignment was to arrive.
Extract from : « Love Among the Chickens » by P. G. Wodehouse

To send a consignment of goods to an agent or factor for sale or disposal.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

The party to whose care a ship or a consignment of goods is intrusted.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

They finished the first consignment without any luck, and went to the second place.
Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke

And your friend Linker could do with a consignment of French silk, duty free.
Extract from : « The Smuggler's Cave » by George A. Birmingham

A year or two later, he decided to send a consignment of them to England.
Extract from : « Time Telling through the Ages » by Harry Chase Brearley

In 1665 the transportation and feed of the consignment cost 11,200 livres.
Extract from : « Montreal 1535-1914 under the French Rgime » by William Henry Atherton

Synonyms for consignment

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