Sorting and Consignment

noun

• An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion.
  • usage: "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
  • synonyms: sort
• The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories.
  • synonyms: classification, categorization, categorisation
• Grouping by class or kind or size.

verb

• Examine in order to test suitability.
  • usage: "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
  • synonyms: screen, screen out, sieve, sort
• Arrange or order by classes or categories.
  • usage: "How would you classify these pottery shards-are they prehistoric"
  • synonyms: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate

(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Sort.

(DoD) In counterdrug operations, the process involved in differentiating traffic which could be involved in drug trafficking from legitimate air traffic. See also counterdrug operations.

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.