Consign (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object)
  1. to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
  2. to transfer to another's custody or charge; entrust.
  3. to set apart for or devote to (a special purpose or use): to consign two afternoons a week to the club.
  4. to banish or set apart in one's mind; relegate: to consign unpleasant thoughts to oblivion.
  5. Commerce.
    • to ship, as by common carrier, especially for sale or custody.
    • to address for such shipment.
  6. to confirm or ratify, as with a seal or other token.
verb (used without object)
  1. to agree or assent.
  2. to yield or submit.
verb (mainly tr)
  1. to hand over or give into the care or charge of another; entrust
  2. to commit irrevocably
  3. to commit for admittance
  4. to address or deliver (goods) for sale, disposal, etc
  5. to assent; agree
Consign (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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