consigned
Sent for delivery
Consigned is the past tense of consign, meaning to hand over or deliver something to another's care or custody.
Goods are consigned to a warehouse, letters consigned to the mail.
The word often carries a sense of finality or dismissal: The failed project was consigned to oblivion.
She consigned the old photos to a box in the attic.
In commerce, consigned goods remain the property of the sender until sold.
Transported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- dispatchSend with speed
- shipmentGoods being transported
- deliveryConveyance of goods
tracking · manifest · warehouse · inventory · distribution · logistics · carrier · parcel
Assigned lower rank
- condemnedOfficially declared unfit
- doomedDestined for destruction
- banishedForced to leave permanently
- destinedFixed by fate
abandoned · cast · committed · delivered · sentenced · assigned · dispatched · remanded
Protective care or control
- careAttentive regard for others
- safekeepingProtective care of possessions
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
trustee · fiduciary · custodian · responsibility · charge · keeping · protection · delegation
Competitive public sale
- dealerOne who sells goods
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- sellerOne who trades goods
- commissionPayment for services rendered
inventory · lots · resale · broker · merchandise · secondhand · estate · liquidation
Allocated work or duty
- handoverTransfer of control
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- cessionFormal transfer of territory
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
surrender · transference · devolution · allocation · bequest · endowment · granting · title
cargo
Transported goods
delivery · tracking · manifest · warehouse · inventory · distribution · logistics · carrier · parcel · export
relegated
Assigned lower rank
destined · abandoned · cast · committed · delivered · sentenced · assigned · dispatched · remanded · confined
custody
Protective care or control
- careAttentive regard for others
- safekeepingProtective care of possessions
- guardianshipLegal care of another
stewardship · trustee · fiduciary · custodian · responsibility · charge · keeping · protection · delegation · proxy
auction
Competitive public sale
commission · inventory · lots · resale · broker · merchandise · secondhand · estate · liquidation · vintage
assignment
Allocated work or duty
- handoverTransfer of control
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- cessionFormal transfer of territory
relinquishment · surrender · transference · devolution · allocation · bequest · endowment · granting · title · deed
- availabilityavailable, unavailable, sold out, in stock, out of stock
- storedstored, warehoused, stashed, stowed, kept
- consignment shopsStores selling goods for owners
- consignment storesShops selling goods for owners
- consignment saleSale of others' goods
- consign to oblivionDoom to be forgotten
consign, consignment, consignee, consigning, consigns, consignments, consigner, consignees