[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

consignment \consign"ment\, n.
   1. the act of consigning; consignation.
      1913 webster

   2. com. the act of consigning or sending property to an
      agent or correspondent in another place, as for care,
      sale, etc.
      1913 webster

   3. com. that which is consigned; the goods or commodities
      sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one
      conveyance.
      1913 webster

            to increase your consignments of this valuable
            branch of national commerce.          --burke.
      1913 webster

   4. the writing by which anything is consigned.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

consignment
     n 1: goods carried by a large vehicle syn: cargo, lading, freight,
           load, loading, payload, shipment
     2: the official act of consigning a person to confinement as
        in a prison or mental hospital syn: commitment, committal
     3: the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
see also:
cargo lading freight load loading payload 
shipment commitment committal 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

102 moby thesaurus words for "consignment":
   abalienation, agency, agentship, alienation, amortization,
   amortizement, assignation, assignment, authority, authorization,
   baggage, bargain and sale, barter, bequeathal, brevet, care, cargo,
   cession, charge, commendation, commission, commissioning,
   commitment, committal, conferment, conferral, consignation,
   conveyance, conveyancing, cure, deeding, delegated authority,
   delegation, deliverance, delivery, demise, deputation, devolution,
   devolvement, disposal, disposition, embassy, empowerment,
   enfeoffment, entrusting, entrustment, errand, exchange,
   executorship, exequatur, factorship, freight, freightage,
   full power, giving, goods, impedimenta, infeodation, infeudation,
   jurisdiction, lading, lease and release, legation, license,
   lieutenancy, load, luggage, mandate, mission, mittimus, office,
   pack, payload, plenipotentiary power, power of attorney,
   power to act, procuration, proxy, purview, recommitment, regency,
   regentship, relegation, remand, remanding, responsibility, sale,
   settlement, settling, shipment, surrender, task, trading, transfer,
   transference, transmission, transmittal, trust, trusteeship,
   vesting, vicarious authority, warrant

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