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Definition of: consignment
(kən·sīn′mənt) noun
1. The sending of property to a person for keeping, sale, or shipment.
2. The property consigned.
3. A written instrument by which something is consigned.
4. A method of wholesale or jobber selling whereby the retailer pays for goods only after he has sold them: usually in the phrase on consignment.
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