Definition of consign

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Consign (v. t.) To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods..

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Factor :: Factor (n.) One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker..
Consign :: Consign (v. t.) To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods..
Consigner :: Consigner (n.) One who consigns. See Consignor.
Consign :: Consign (v. t.) To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave..
Consignificant :: Consignificant (a.) Having joint or equal signification; synonymous.
Consignee :: Consignee (n.) The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor.
Relegate :: Relegate (v. t.) To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish..
Inscription :: Inscription (n.) An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage..
Consigned :: Consigned (imp. & p. p.) of Consig.
Consignification :: Consignification (n.) Joint signification.
Consignature :: Consignature (n.) Joint signature.
Consignment :: Consignment (n.) The writing by which anything is consigned.
Address :: Address (v.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore..
Advance :: Advance (v. t.) To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him..
Consignatary :: Consignatary (n.) A consignee.
Consign :: Consign (v. t.) To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.
Consigne :: Consigne (n.) A countersign; a watchword.
Preconsign :: Preconsign (v. t.) To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
Damned :: Damned (a.) Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition.
Consign :: Consign (v. t.) To assign; to devote; to set apart.
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