consignment
B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
An arrangement whereby goods are delivered to an agent for sale, with title remaining in the consignor until sold.
Under the consignment, the retailer held the stock but title passed only on sale to the customer.
Business noun
A batch of goods shipped together, or stock held by a customer but owned by the supplier until sold.
Under consignment terms the retailer only pays us once the units actually leave the shelf.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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