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on consignment

Having been given to an agent or shop to sell, with proceeds only going to the consignor after a successful sale. She sells her homemade clothing on consignment in a number of different boutique shops around the city.

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on consignment

[of goods] having been placed in a store for sale, with payments made for the goods by the operator of the store only if they are sold. The artist placed his work in a gallery on consignment. I will attempt to sell your clothing on consignment.

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on consignment

Turning over goods for an agent to sell, with the provision that payment is made only on completed sales and that unsold goods may be returned to the consignor. For example, This secondhand shop accepts items of clothing on consignment. [c. 1700]

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on consignment

With the provision that payment is expected only on completed sales and that unsold items may be returned to the one consigning: The retailer accepted the shipment on consignment.

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Because of the large quantity of merchandise in the market, consignment is more prevalent than five years ago," he said.

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Holland, Spain, Italy and Denmark have all exported beef with spinal cord still attached to the UK in the past, with Germany sending an appalling eight consignments, sparking calls from the NFU for exports from the country to be banned by the Commission.

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Firstly, the consignor delivered the consignment on board.

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In its follow-up investigation, the CFS found that in the past year (from last October till now), a total of 10 consignments of products (including the consignment of product involved in the complaint) were pet food and had been exported from Brazil to Hong Kong by the exporter listed on the health certificate concerned.

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Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, Dr Sarfraz Ahmed Khan Sipra handed over the third consignment of relief assistance to the Ministry of Disaster Management Sri Lanka.

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The wheat was bought in three 25,000-ton consignments at USD 178.

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As per preliminary reports, the drug consignment was kept at a cache site for handing over to another narcotics gang.

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The consignment is to be transported by land to the Gaza Strip, in co-operation with UNRWA and WHO.

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The consignment came from Dhaka and we have taken everything in our custody.

Custom department seizes illegal consignments of cloth in Tripura

She, along with her husband Eric, founded Back to the Rack Consignment, where folks can buy and sell quality items at a lower cost.