consignment

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noun

con·​sign·​ment kən-ˈsīn-mənt How to pronounce consignment (audio)
1
: the act or process of consigning
2
: something consigned especially in a single shipment

consignment

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adjective

: of, relating to, or received as goods on consignment
a consignment sale
Phrases
on consignment
: shipped to a dealer who pays only for what is sold and who may return what is unsold
goods shipped on consignment

Examples of consignment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Under this consignment agreement, the Donahues would receive no less than $132,750 for the work, assuming Bonhams could find a buyer. Matt Stevens, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023 Courtesy of Emily Dao On the luxury consignment site the RealReal, handbag demand among Gen Zers is up by 136% since 2019, while demand among both millennials and Gen X is up by 78%, according to The RealReal’s 2022 Luxury Resale Report. Hillary Hoffower, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2023 In the new season of And Just Like That, Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) ups her purse game yet again by carrying a hyper-realistic pigeon clutch while accompanying Charlotte (Kristin Davis) to the Real Real, a luxury consignment shop. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 22 June 2023 The days of casually strolling into a consignment shop on Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan to find an affordable Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche jacket? José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2024 Grants were announced at a Feb. 5 reception at the nonprofit’s consignment shop. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024 Online consignment and thrift store ThredUp, a public company with 300 corporate employees, has made the shift to four days permanent after a successful one-year experiment. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2023 Ahead of the film's theatrical July 21 release, Durran also partnered with online consignment shop thredUP to curate a Barbiecore collection. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 25 July 2023 Browse novels at Old Town Books, shoes at the Shoe Hive, items from local makers at Shop Made in Virginia and Made in ALX, gifts from Red Barn Mercantile, cocktail accessories at the Hour, and yarn and knitting supplies at Fibre Space, or visit consignment shops such as Twist and Encore. Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
Adjective
TheRealReal is a consignment store with the benefit and convenience of buying and selling straight from your phone. Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 25 Jan. 2023 There is a consignment period for 90 days for sellers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 180 days for sellers outside of the UAE and 365 for sellers in Italy. Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Apr. 2022 The space, which previously was a consignment toy store, now hosts a colorful interior -- complete with a rainbow floor -- filled with art products for various formats. Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2022 Firefighters responded to IconoCLAD consignment store — located at 414 E 300 S — at 7:46 a.m., according to a Salt Lake City fire official. Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Dec. 2021 To avoid paying upfront cash for inventory likely to sit unused in warehouses, Hyman moved fast to move to a consignment model with many of her 700 plus brands. Steven Bertoni, Forbes, 4 June 2021 Some work on a consignment model while others, including Depop, operate as peer-to-peer marketplaces. Marc Bain, Quartz, 2 June 2021 But the company has had a consignment office in Dallas for a few years. Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2021 Just Between Friends consignment sale, Thursday to Sunday. Jennifer Jhon, South Florida Parenting, 11 Oct. 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1668, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of consignment was circa 1668

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consignment

noun
con·​sign·​ment
kən-ˈsīn-mənt
1
: the act or process of consigning
2
: something consigned especially in a single shipment

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