Consignment and Procuration
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc.
- (n.) The writing by which anything is consigned.
- (n.) The act of consigning; consignation.
- (n.) That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. Adjective - Goods or inventory that are held by a selling agent, wholesaler, or reseller until the goods are either sold or returned to the seller. 2. Verb - The physical transfer of goods from a seller/consignor who retains title to a consignee who acts as a selling agent.
- (n.) The act of procuring; procurement.
- (n.) The management of another's affairs.
- (n.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy.
- (n.) The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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