consignment /kənˈsaɪnmənt/ noun plural consignments
plural consignments
Learner's definition of CONSIGNMENT
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[count] : a quantity of goods that are sent to a person or place to be sold寄售的货物 2
[noncount] : the act or process of sending goods to a person or place to be sold寄售;寄卖
on consignment
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used to describe a situation in which goods are sent to a person who pays only for what is sold and who may return what is not sold以寄售方式