CONSIGNMENT

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of consigning; consignation.

2.
n.

The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc.

3.
n.

That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance. To increase your consignments of this valuable branch of national commerce. Burke.

4.
n.

The writing by which anything is consigned.


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