Consignment and Task

noun

• Goods carried by a large vehicle.
  • synonyms: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment
• The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital.
  • synonyms: commitment, committal
• The delivery of goods for sale or disposal. .

• (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.

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.

noun

• Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
  • usage: "he prepared for great undertakings"
  • synonyms: undertaking, project, labor
• A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee.
  • usage: "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
  • synonyms: job, chore

verb

• Assign a task to.
  • usage: "I tasked him with looking after the children"
• Use to the limit.
  • usage: "you are taxing my patience"
  • synonyms: tax

• (v.) Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
• (v.) Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
• (v.t.) To charge; to tax; as with a fault.
• (v.t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
• (v.t.) To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor or duty to.