On consignment

Definition

consign /kǝn'saÇn/ v ၁။ ( fml ) (က) ~ sb/sth to sb/sth လႊဲအပ္ သည္။ အပ္ႏွံသည္။ ႏွင္းအပ္သည္။ consign a child to its uncle's care ❍ consign one's soul to God. ( fig ) The body was consigned to the flames (ie burned). (ခ) ~ sth to sth ( often joc ) ေခ်ာင္ထိုးသည္။ စြန္႔ပစ္သည္။ an old chair that had been consigned to the attic ❍ consign the food to the dustbin. ၂။ ~ sth (to sb) ကုန္စသည္ေပးပို႔သည္။ The goods have been consigned (to you) by rail. ❏ consignment n ၁။ [C] ပို႔လိုက္ေသာပစၥည္း။ ပို႔ကုန္။ a consignment of wheat bound for Europe. ၂။ [U] အပ္ႏွံ ျခင္း။ ႏွင္းအပ္ျခင္း။ လႊဲအပ္ျခင္း။ ❏ on consignment [ IDM ] ေရာင္းၿပီးေငြေခ်စနစ္။ take/send/ship/supply goods on consignment.

Examples

1. He consigned his work suits to the back of the wardrobe.
2. A dictator whose policies consigned his people to starvation
3. We consign our children to the care of the teacher for the day.