'Consignment' definitions:

Definition of 'consignment'

From: WordNet
noun
Goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment]
noun
The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) [syn: commitment, committal, consignment]
noun
The delivery of goods for sale or disposal

Definition of 'Consignment'

From: GCIDE
  • Consignment \Con*sign"ment\, n.
  • 1. The act of consigning; consignation. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Com.) The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Com.) 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. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The writing by which anything is consigned. [1913 Webster]