consignment

1 of 2

noun

con·​sign·​ment kən-ˈsīn-mənt 

1

: the act or process of consigning

2

: something consigned especially in a single shipment

consignment

2 of 2

adjective

: of, relating to, or received as goods on consignment

a consignment sale

Phrases

on consignment

: shipped to a dealer who pays only for what is sold and who may return what is unsold

goods shipped on consignment

Examples of consignment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The book is available through online booksellers, and to celebrate its release, Stanger will hold a signing event at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at Boulevard consignment shop at 7458 Girard Ave. —Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025

It’s been a long six years of digging through consignment shops, scouring listings of online resellers, and endlessly searching social media to find cookware in Le Creuset’s infamous berry shade. —Euna Park, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2025

Adjective

TheRealReal is a consignment store with the benefit and convenience of buying and selling straight from your phone. —Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 25 Jan. 2023

There is a consignment period for 90 days for sellers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 180 days for sellers outside of the UAE and 365 for sellers in Italy. —Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Apr. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1668, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1913, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing consignment

• consignment store

Rhymes for consignment

• alignment
• alinement
• assignment
• confinement
• refinement
• misalignment
• nonalignment
• realignment
• reassignment
• reconsignment

Kids Definition

consignment

noun

con·​sign·​ment

kən-ˈsīn-mənt

1

: the act or process of consigning

2

: something consigned especially in a single shipment