The meaning of Consignment

noun

A quantity or consignment of goods produced at one time.

Usage examples:

A batch of bread

verb

Arrange (things) in sets or groups.

Usage examples:

I had nothing to do but batch the reports

noun

An amount of cargo or number of passengers which will fill a ship or boat.

Usage examples:

A boatload of coal

noun

Goods carried on a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

Usage examples:

Transportation of bulk cargo

noun

Goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle

Usage examples:

[ u ] the department inspects cargo coming into hawaii.

noun

The goods carried by a ship, plane, or other large vehicle

Usage examples:

Carry/handle/transport a cargo tcl carriers ltd was the operator of the vessel on which the cargo w…

noun

The action of delivering letters, parcels, or goods.

Usage examples:

Allow up to 28 days for delivery

noun

The act of taking goods, letters, or packages to people's houses or places of work

Usage examples:

[ c ] the company gets two deliveries a day., [ u ] you can pay for the rug on delivery (= when it …

noun

The act of taking goods, letters, parcels, etc. to a place

Usage examples:

Please allow 14 days for delivery., mail/parcel/postal delivery, a delivery driver/truck/van, on de…

plural noun

Merchandise or possessions.

Usage examples:

Imports of luxury goods

plural noun

Items for sale, or possessions that can be moved

Usage examples:

They sell leather goods such as wallets, purses, and briefcases.

noun

Things for sale, or the things that you own

Usage examples:

There is a 25% discount on all electrical goods until the end of the week., fake/counterfeit goods …

verb

(of a person) pull or drag with effort or force.

Usage examples:

He hauled his bike out of the shed

noun

A quantity of something that has been stolen or is possessed illegally.

Usage examples:

They escaped with a haul of antiques

verb

Draw slowly or heavily

noun

A heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried.

Usage examples:

In addition to their own food, they must carry a load of up to eighty pounds

verb

Fill (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) with a large amount of something.

Usage examples:

They go to calais to load up their vans with cheap beer

pronoun

A large number or amount; a great deal.

Usage examples:

There are a lot of actors in the cast

adverb

A great deal; much.

Usage examples:

He played tennis a lot last year

noun

A particular group or set of people or things.

Usage examples:

It's just one lot of rich people stealing from another

noun

As much cargo or as many people as a ship can carry.

Usage examples:

A shipload of food and medical aid was sent

noun

The action of shipping goods.

Usage examples:

Logs waiting for shipment

noun

Goods transported together, or the act of transporting them

Usage examples:

[ c ] a shipment of vegetables arrived last week., [ u ] it was taken to the airport for shipment t…

noun

The act of sending goods somewhere

Usage examples:

We are required to pay for the goods before shipment., it takes several days for a shipment to clea…

noun

A quantity of goods that can be transported in a truck.

Usage examples:

A truckload of chemicals

noun

The amount a truck can carry

Usage examples:

Fig. in this case, lawyers filed court papers by the truckload (= in large amounts).

noun

The amount of something that fills a truck

Usage examples:

They supplied 13,250 truckloads of sand., they are making a truckload of money on this deal., they …