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consignment
noun
1 consignment
Goods carried by a large vehicle.
synonyms: cargo, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment.
Roget 786:
apportionment,
allotment,
consignment,
assignment,
appointment;
appropriation;
dispensation,
distribution;
division,
deal;
repartition,
partition;
administration.
dividend,
portion,
contingent,
share,
allotment,
fair share,
allocation,
lot,
measure,
dose;
dole,
meed,
pittance;
quantum,
ration;
ratio,
proportion,
quota,
modicum,
mess,
allowance;
suerte†.
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Roget 755:
commission,
delegation;
consignment,
assignment;
procuration†;
deputation,
legation,
mission,
embassy;
agency,
agentship†;
power of attorney;
clerkship;
surrogacy.
errand,
charge,
brevet,
diploma,
exequatur [Lat.],
permit
etc.
(permission)
760.
appointment,
nomination,
designation,
return;
charter;
ordination;
installation,
inauguration,
investiture,
swearing-in;
accession,
coronation,
enthronement.
vicegerency;
regency,
regentship.
viceroy
etc.
745;
consignee
etc.
758;
deputy
etc.
759.
[person who receives a commission]
agent,
delegate,
consignee
etc.
758.
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Roget 784:
giving
etc.
v.;
bestowal,
bestowment†,
donation;
presentation,
presentment;
accordance;
concession;
delivery,
consignment,
dispensation,
communication,
endowment;
investment,
investiture;
award.
almsgiving†,
charity,
liberality,
generosity.
[Thing given]
gift,
donation,
present,
cadeau†;
fairing;
free gift,
boon,
favor,
benefaction,
grant,
offering,
oblation,
sacrifice,
immolation;
lagniappe [U.S.],
pilon [U.S.].
grace,
act of grace,
bonus.
allowance,
contribution,
subscription,
subsidy,
tribute,
subvention.
bequest,
legacy,
devise,
will,
dotation†,
dot,
appanage;
voluntary settlement,
voluntary conveyance
etc.
783;
amortization.
alms,
largess,
bounty,
dole,
sportule†,
donative†,
help,
oblation,
offertory,
honorarium,
gratuity,
Peter pence,
sportula†,
Christmas box,
Easter offering,
vail†,
douceur [Fr.],
drink money,
pourboire,
trinkgeld [G.],
bakshish†;
fee
etc.
(recompense)
973;
consideration.
bribe,
bait,
ground bait;
peace offering,
handsel;
boodle [Slang],
graft,
grease [Slang];
blat [Rus.].
giver,
grantor
etc.
v.;
donor,
feoffer†,
settlor.
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Dutch: lading, last, transport, vracht
Polish: transport, ładunek
2 consignment
The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital).
synonyms: commitment, committal.
3 consignment
The delivery of goods for sale or disposal.
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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