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consignment

[kuhn-sahyn-muhnt] / kənˈsaɪn mənt /


NOUN
something entrusted to another's care
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It began after the NCA received intelligence about a suspicious consignment of tyre inner tubes being shipped to Italy in March 2025.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Alouette’s attempts to reclaim her work as her own instead of her father’s result in her consignment to Salpêtrière.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Aptly named, the Gold Mine, a second-hand consignment store that funds the community library, might turn up a YSL coat or a Moncler sweater for peanuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

France's energy ministry and EDF did not respond to AFP's questions on the consignment or trade.

From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025

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

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks




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