| 释义 |
consignee|kɒnsaɪˈniː|
[f. consign v. + -ee.]
A person to whom goods are consigned.
1789Buller Term Rep. III. 469 There is the strongest evidence of the consignee's taking actual possession of the goods. 1866Crump Banking vii. 142 A corn merchant at New York ships a cargo to London, and..draws a bill upon the consignee. 1886Sir C. Russell in Daily News 10 Dec. 3/2 He asserted the right of the company to send consignee letters; that was, letters sent in reference to the consignment of goods.
Hence consiˈgneeship.
1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. VI. 503 [A] town-meeting..invites the Hutchinsons to resign their consigneeship. |