consignment
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- noun
- /kənˈsaɪn.mənt/
- Specialized
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- A third consignment of medicine and relief material to Pakistan was sent by train later.
Examples
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The delivery truck arrived with a large consignment of fresh produce for the grocery store.
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Stay tuned for more details about how to retrieve your consignment from the store this week.
Blog text (1) -
Gentlemen, this is the last consignment of the evening and a good one.
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Your consignment has suffered some damage.
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They knew every consignment on that train.
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Your organization, Mr. Midnight, brought the consignment of these canisters across the Canadian border.
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We were carrying a government consignment of rice and sugar, and once they realized there might be repercussions, they went away.
Fiction book (2000) -
First consignment has arrived.
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The assistance provided by India comprises consignments of blankets, rice, wheat, baby food, polythene sheets, etc.
Academic text (2018) -
New Zealand's stocks of anadromous chinook salmon are probably derived from the second of five consignments of ova in the early 1900s.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
Bringing parcels or food to someone
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2.3
Goods carried by a ship, plane, or large vehicle
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1.1
An amount of things carried at one time, like cargo on a vehicle
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2.3
A load of goods sent together by one truck, plane, or ship
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Goods moved in large amounts by ship, train, or truck
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A load of goods carried on a ship, truck, or train
A list that shows items sent in a delivery
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Etymology
Consignment comes from the Latin consignare, made of con- 'together' and signare 'to sign', and you can imagine a signed paper sending a group of boxes together on a truck. That's why consignment often means a batch of goods sent for delivery.