Consigned vs Consigner - What's the difference?
consigned | consigner |
(consign)
(business) To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
To entrust to the care of another.
* Alexander Pope
To send to a final destination.
* Atterbury
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To assign; to devote; to set apart.
* Dryden
To stamp or impress; to affect.
* Jeremy Taylor
The party that .
(business) The party that provides merchandise for consignment sale.
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As a verb consigned
is past tense of consign.As a noun consigner is
the party that consigns.consigned
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *consign
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Verb
(en verb)- Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, / Consigned the youthful consort to his care.
- to consign the body to the grave
- At the day of general account, good men are to be consigned over to another state.
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- The French commander consigned it to the use for which it was intended by the donor.
- Consign my spirit with great fear.
Derived terms
* consignation * consignee * consigner * consignment * consignorUsage notes
See usage note for commit.Anagrams
*consigner
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Alternative forms
* consignorNoun
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