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Consignment
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The act of consigning; consignation.
2. The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc.
3. That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance. To increase your consignments of this valuable branch of national commerce. Burke.
4. The writing by which anything is consigned.