Sentence examples for on consignments from inspiring English sources

Employees in a consignment store are often asked to take on consignments, so make sure they are well versed in what you are looking for and how to keep track of new items.

This adequately covers the losses on consignments that are caught by Indian or Pakistani customs patrols, or which have to be dumped into the Indian Ocean if arrest seems imminent.

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Straight commissions on consignments (8% to 20%) compose 60% of Ritchie's business; the rest comes from either buying up fleets from a seller or guaranteeing a gavel price and splitting anything above it.

But Mrs. Cowles's painting, which Mr. Gagosian took on consignment, was eventually sold for only $2 million after assertions by the gallery — disputed by Mrs. Cowles — that it was damaged.

And if you're not in the mood to buy, bring your designer clothing, jewellery or accessories in to put on consignment.

Early on, that led Snapdeal to build physical centers where businesses can come, list, and even store on consignment goods that they will sell on Snapdeal.

Some local bookstores will take local poetry "on consignment," which means they would pay you for copies as they sell.

At least one, he said, sells original prints on consignment from dealers.

Most of the works he has bought outright, though some, like pieces by Ernst Louizor, one of Haiti's most renowned painters, are on consignment.

It was sold on consignment in California.