Sentence examples for the consignments from inspiring English sources
The word 'consignment' is a perfectly valid word in written English
It most commonly refers to the goods or items being shipped from one place to another, and often refers to shipping instructions and what is included in the shipment. Example: I received the consignment yesterday and all the goods seem to have arrived in good condition.
noun
A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent
"Last year most of the consignments we seized were on their way to the United States or Canada".
"Ascroft, it appears, made the contacts to sell the haul on, while Price and others travelled the country to target hauliers to steal the vehicles and the consignments.
The intended recipients of the consignments - companies such as Ocean Line Foods and M/S Bengal - had recognised postal addresses in the UK.
When airport customs discovered the consignments, both the receivers of the shipment in Vietnam and the senders in Malaysia refused to take the animals.
'Despite the large estimated street value of some of the consignments, criminal action was not often taken against the trafficker,' says one of the report's authors, Dr Patrick Kennedy.
The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson is another artist who struggled with depression since childhood and who buckled under the weight of his own brilliance, famously having a breakdown during the recording of Smile, locking away the master tapes and eventually retiring to his bed for almost a decade, getting up only to collect the consignments of cocaine delivered to his mail box.
Typically, consigners are paid by check at the end of the consignment period, but other stores may pay in cash or offer store credit.
To the consignment store".
The consignment has stirred up some controversy.
Most of all, they need buyers for the consignment.
The consignment store wins by "bringing them together".
