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consignment

[kuhn-sahyn-muhnt] / kənˈsaɪn mənt /


NOUN
something entrusted to another's care
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In the living room, an elegant cream-colored linen sofa from the Home Consignment Center is the main piece.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Jim Wynne, a former FBI agent who worked that case, noticed a pattern emerging in Doyle’s crimes: Consignment fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

This is Consignment Lounge, the Chicago tavern-meets-curio-shop that calls itself “an aesthetically pleasing collection of useless items for sale inside a neighborhood bar.”

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

For consignment shopping, get designer labels like Dansko and Sperry at Pear Tree Consignment Boutique, and find a carefully curated collection at Anchor Chic Consignment.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2022

Consignment of Chicago sausages, arriving Hamburg, is found to bear label "The Best."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 19th, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir




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