Look up: consignment

1. consignment
   Items offered for sale on a cash or short-term credit basis. See commission merchant; guaranteed sale.
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2. consignment
   [n] - the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
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3. Consignment
   When goods are exported subject to consignment, the exporter only receives payment on completed sales. Any unsold items may be returned to the exporter, usually at their expense. This is a high-risk method of payment for an exporter. Also known as 'on consignment' or 'consignment stock'.
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4. consignment
   A consignment is a load collected from one place and delivered to one place. If you pick up three boxes from A and deliver them to B, C and D, that's three consignments - and you'll need a separate POD for each one. (If it's a multi-drop the arrangements might be different.)
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5. Consignment
   goods-bearing postal item for delivery to address point weighing more than 30kg Category: News-systems and communications • freight sent under a single contract of carriage Category: Transport
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
6. Consignment
   One or more pieces of cargo accepted by a carrier at one time and one address, moving as one lot under an AWB to one destination.
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7. Consignment
   Con·sign'ment noun 1. The act of consigning; consignation. 2. (Com.) The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc. 3. (Com.) That which is consign...
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8. Consignment
   • (n.) The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc. • (n.) The writing by which anything is consigned. • (n.) The act of consigning; consignation. • (n.) That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or ...
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9. Consignment
   1. Something that is put into the care of another, as when a batch of traded goods is consigned to a shipper for transport to another location. 2.A method of marketing in which the seller entrusts a product to an agent, who then attempts to sell it on the seller's behalf, or 'on consignment.'
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10. consignment
    Transfer of possession but not title to goods. Title stays with the consignor, while the consignee has possession.
    Found on http://www.ais-cpa.com/glosa.html
    
    
11. consignment
    
    • goods carried by a large vehicle
    • the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
    • the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
    
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12. Consignment
    A delivery of merchandise from an exporter (the consignor) to an agent (the consignee) under the agreement that the agent will sell the merchandise, receive a commission, and remit the net proceeds to the exporter.
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13. Consignment
    Merchandise shipped to a foreign agent or customer when an actual purchase has not been made, but under an agreement obliging the consignee to pay the consignor for the goods when sold.
    Found on http://www.lectlaw.com/def/c100.htm
    
    
14. Consignment
    `Consignment` is the act of `consigning`, which is placing any material in the hand of another, but retaining ownership until the goods are sold or person is transferred. This may be done for shipping, transfer of prisoners to auction, or for sale in a store (i.e. a `consignment shop`). Features of ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consignment