consignmentn.
/kənˈsʌɪnmənt/ 1. Sealing or dedicating with a sign.
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society > communication > indication > designation > [noun]
designationa1398
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designment1635
1563 J. Man tr. W. Musculus Common Places Christian Relig. 282 a We shall define baptisme..to bee the Sacrament of regeneration.. sanctification, consignment and incorporation into Christ our Saviour.
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society > law > legal obligation > bond or recognizance > requiring or giving legal security > [noun] > legal security > mortgage > action of mortgaging
wadsettingc1440
mortgaging1606
consignment1622
hypothecation1681
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 457 In acts of Pawnes and Consignements by one onely fault duely proued.
3. Delivering over; delivery, committal, allotment.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment
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ordainmenta1325
constitution1393
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appointmentc1440
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pointingc1449
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prescription1542
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reassignation1655
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appunctuation1768
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allocation1876
a1668 W. Davenant Philosopher's Disquis. in Wks. (1673) 332 And seemes to come, Not by consignement to us, but by chance.
1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. i. 127 The kidnapping..of negroes, and their consignment to the most miserable slavery.
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a. The consigning of goods or a cargo, esp. to an agent for sale or disposal; = consignation n. 6.
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society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > selling by consignment or through an agent
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consignation1755
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 31. ⁋7 Ask all the Merchants who act upon Consignments.
1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 373 Hemp laden on board the Matthew, to the Consignment of Messrs. Gampert and Whatley.
1800 Hull Pilotage Act 14 The charge, agency, or consignment of any ship.
1885 Law Times 79 194/1 The goods by the fact of consignment became the property of the consignee.
b. ‘The writing by which any thing is consigned.’.
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1755 in Johnson: whence in later Dicts.
5. concrete. A quantity of goods consigned to an agent or factor.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > goods consigned to agent or factor
consignment1723
invoice1881
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 389 To see what prodigious Consignments they had from their Correspondents in Old-Spain.
1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xiv. 245 A large consignment of pearls, entrusted to the captain.
6. Confinement within bounds by way of discipline or punishment; ‘gating’. [ < French consigne; compare consigné n.2]
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1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. iii. 240 Behold them, long files of them, their consignment broken, arrive, headed by their Serjeants,..at the Palais Royal.
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consignment shop n. North American a shop which sells goods (esp. second-hand clothing) on behalf of private individuals, who receive a percentage of the selling price.
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1942 Los Angeles Times 20 Feb. ii. 7/4 Consignment shop elects. At a meeting this week, officers were re-elected for Pasadena's Half-Way Shop, a liaison agency for consigning local home-produced goods.
2003 E. Viets Shop till you Drop i. 2 By next season, Brittney would have given her thousand-dollar outfit to the maid, and Christina would have sent hers to the consignment shop.
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consignment store n. North American = consignment shop n. at Additions.
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1930 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 10 May 7/6 (advt.) Furniture Consignment Store Auction Sale every Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Consign what you have or we will buy your furniture for cash.
1995 Today's Parent Aug. (Toronto Suppl.) 7/2 After checking out your local department store and favourite children's boutique, why not pay a visit to a consignment store that specializes in kid's clothes?
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