consignment

a shipment, something that is sent from A to B

TRANSLATION

Sendung, Lieferung, Versendung, Warensendung

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"At present, Consignia delivers about 82 million letters every day. Deutsche Post will be restricted to customers who send more than 4,000 items or more per CONSIGNMENT."

(Becky Barrow, The Daily Telegraph, 29th Aug. 2002)

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Consignment

Date: circa 1668

1 : the act or process of consigning

2 : something consigned especially in a single shipment

Note : on consignment = shipped to a dealer who pays only for what he sells and who may return what is unsold

(From Merriam-Webster)

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