consignment

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: con=sign=ment

CIDE DICTIONARY

consignment, n. 

•  The act of consigning; consignation.  [1913 Webster]
•  The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance.  [1913 Webster]

  "To increase your consignments of this valuable branch of national commerce."  [1913 Webster]
•  The writing by which anything is consigned.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

consignment, n.
1 the act or an instance of consigning; the process of being consigned.
2 a batch of goods consigned.

THESAURUS

consignment

abalienation, agency, agentship, alienation, amortization, amortizement, assignation, assignment, authority, authorization, baggage, bargain and sale, barter, bequeathal, brevet, care, cargo, cession, charge, commendation, commission, commissioning, commitment, committal, conferment, conferral, consignation, conveyance, conveyancing, cure, deeding, delegated authority, delegation, deliverance, delivery, demise, deputation, devolution, devolvement, disposal, disposition, embassy, empowerment, enfeoffment, entrusting, entrustment, errand, exchange, executorship, exequatur, factorship, freight, freightage, full power, giving, goods, impedimenta, infeodation, infeudation, jurisdiction, lading, lease and release, legation, license, lieutenancy, load, luggage, mandate, mission, mittimus, office, pack, payload, plenipotentiary power, power of attorney, power to act, procuration, proxy, purview, recommitment, regency, regentship, relegation, remand, remanding, responsibility, sale, settlement, settling, shipment, surrender, task, trading, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, trust, trusteeship, vesting, vicarious authority, warrant

ROGET THESAURUS

consignment

Commission

N commission, delegation, consignment, assignment, procuration, deputation, legation, mission, embassy, agency, agentship, power of attorney, clerkship, surrogacy, errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur, permit, appointment, nomination, designation, return, charter, ordination, installation, inauguration, investiture, swearing-in, accession, coronation, enthronement, vicegerency, regency, regentship, viceroy, consignee, deputy, agent, delegate, consignee, commissioned, per procurationem.

Giving

N giving, bestowal, bestowment, donation, presentation, presentment, accordance, concession, delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment, investment, investiture, award, almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity, gift, donation, present, cadeau, fairing, free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation, lagniappe, pilon, grace, act of grace, bonus, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention, bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation, dot, appanage, voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance, amortization, alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish, fee, consideration, bribe, bait, ground bait, peace offering, handsel, boodle, graft, grease, blat, giver, grantor, donor, feoffer, settlor, giving, given, allowed, allowable, concessional, communicable, charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary, tributary, gratis, donative, auctor pretiosa facit, ex dono, res est ingeniosa dare.

Apportionment

N apportionment, allotment, consignment, assignment, appointment, appropriation, dispensation, distribution, division, deal, repartition, partition, administration, dividend, portion, contingent, share, allotment, fair share, allocation, lot, measure, dose, dole, meed, pittance, quantum, ration, ratio, proportion, quota, modicum, mess, allowance, suerte, apportioning, respective, respectively, each to each.