Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Consignment \Con*sign"ment\, n.
   1. The act of consigning; consignation.

   2. (Com.) The act of consigning or sending property to an
      agent or correspondent in another place, as for care,
      sale, etc.

   3. (Com.) That which is consigned; the goods or commodities
      sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one
      conveyance.

            To increase your consignments of this valuable
            branch of national commerce.          --Burke.

   4. The writing by which anything is consigned.

Source : WordNet®

consignment
     n 1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: {cargo}, {lading}, {freight},
           {load}, {loading}, {payload}, {shipment}]
     2: the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as
        in a prison or mental hospital) [syn: {commitment}, {committal}]
     3: the delivery of goods for sale or disposal