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Meanings of consignment in English

Portuguese
carga
Catalan
càrrega
Spanish
carga de pago
Wikidata

Goods carried by a large vehicle.

carga
Catalan
reclusió

The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

reclusió
Usage of consignment in English
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NOTE - Land Co Ltd sells real estate, related services on consignment.
Reuters
2
This comes 29 days after the first consignment arrived in the country.
Radio NZ
3
Décor NYC: A consignment gallery that offers designer pieces for moderate prices.
Ebony
4
He said gardaí were satisfied that they had seized the full consignment.
The Irish Times
5
They had to improvise lodgings for the new consignment of mutilated humanity.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
6
He was going back to England with the first consignment of Simiacine.
With Edged Tools
7
The consignment appears to have been ordered by the Iraqi interior ministry.
The Irish Times
8
In this way he can compare the consignment with the consignee's bill.
Business Hints for Men and Women
9
I shall begin to arrange for the sale of the consignment to-morrow.
With Edged Tools
10
It is the biggest consignment of cocaine ever seized in this State.
The Irish Times
11
The consignment was a mixed one, containing different kinds of spirituous liquors.
The Pit Prop Syndicate
12
The consignment was kept under surveillance before being intercepted in Co. Louth.
The Irish Times
13
An offender who is caught with a consignment of logs worth Tsh.
Reuters
14
He has despatched his first safe consignment of letters to Belle Etoile.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
15
You're about to be invited into the resurgent subculture of consignment stores.
The Irish Times
16
He was an unexpected consignment, and they had nowhere to put him.
Childhood's End
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Translations for consignment
Portuguese
carga
Consignment through the time
Consignment across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common