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consignment

[kuhn-sahyn-muhnt] / kənˈsaɪn mənt /


NOUN
something entrusted to another's care
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He said he pocketed half of the proceeds of each consignment reaching the UK, with each being worth up to £250,000.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

When Ed’s health began to fade in 2023, his son, Bryan, arranged with a Keizer, Ore., store called Bricks & Minifigs—the local franchise of a nationwide chain of Lego resellers—to sell the collection on consignment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

After gas spending, miscellaneous retailers—a category including gift shops and consignment stores—registered the highest growth in sales with a 2.3% monthly gain.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Mayweather wrote a check for $200,000 to Las Vegas high-end consignment store Gold and Beyond for the timepiece on Dec. 25, 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

“New consignment just in from Arabia. Never seen one before?”

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

Archived, whose clientele consists mostly of celebrities and high-profile curators such as Timothée Chalamet, Travis Scott and Don Toliver, sources its pieces through consignments from sellers and endless hours spent hunting across international marketplaces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

The correspondence from Defra also highlighted a pilot scheme which followed up on plant consignments that had not attended the border control post within three hours of arrival at the port.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

The data, taken across three sample months, shows that, in November 2025, 18% of flagged consignments of animal products were not taken to Sevington - up from 8% in August the same year.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

"We're seeing 20 to 30 percent more engagement, more registration, more people bidding," Ibrahim Faraj, Propstore's UK consignments manager, explained at a media preview of some British-based items before they headed to California.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

I let them go one or two at a time, or in small consignments.

From The Key to Yesterday by Charles Neville Buck




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