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CONSIGNMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The delivery of goods for sale or disposal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("consignment" is a kind of...):
bringing; delivery (the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail))
Derivation:
consign (send to an address)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
Synonyms:
commitment; committal; consignment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("consignment" is a kind of...):
confinement (the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them)
Derivation:
consign (commit forever; commit irrevocably)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Goods carried by a large vehicle
Synonyms:
cargo; consignment; freight; lading; load; loading; payload; shipment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("consignment" is a kind of...):
merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)
