consignment
/kənˈsʌɪnm(ə)nt
/noun
1A batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone: a consignment of drugs...
- He'd supervise the delivery of vast consignments of drugs and olive oil until he decided to go into business for himself.
- Excise diversion fraud involves the falsification of export documents so that consignments of alcohol purportedly destined for the continent are diverted to the home market without payment of excise duty.
- The minority of farmers involved in this practice pay dealers to deliver consignments of sheep to their farms.
Synonyms
delivery, shipment, load, containerload, shipload, boatload, lorryload, truckload, cargo;
batch, lot, haul, goods
1.1 [mass noun] The action of consigning or delivering something: levels of consignment are running below budget...
- Customers then receive email replies that provide a full status report on each consignment, from collection and delivery times to the name of the person who signed for the shipment.
- In the evening, lulled by the callousness of another day of sameness, we cast the issue upon a stack in a proscribed corner of our homes, for consignment to the kabariwalla at the end of the month.
- The Claimants say it is up to the Defendants to satisfy themselves that any given consignment of goods is legitimate; and if it is not, they act at their peril.