Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

CONSIGNATION

Definition: CONSIGNATION

CONSIGNATION

Noun

1. A stamp; an indication; a sign.

2. The act of ratifying or establishing, as if by signing; confirmation; ratification.

3. The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, place, or state.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Consignation \Con`sig*na"tion\, noun. [Latin expression consignatio written proof, document: compare to the French expression consignation comsignation.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: CONSIGNATION

Non-English Usage: "CONSIGNATION" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (consignment).

Top     

Commercial Usage: CONSIGNATION

DomainTitle

Books

  • La consignation du sublimable : les deux thâeories freudiennes du processus de sublimation et notions limitrophes (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Expression: CONSIGNATION

Expression using "CONSIGNATION": to the consignation of smb.. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Frequency of Internet Keywords: CONSIGNATION

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

consignation

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Modern Translation: CONSIGNATION

Language Translations for "CONSIGNATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

консигнация, банков влог. (various references)

   

Italian

  

consegna (check out, consignment, delivery), invio (despatch, dispatch, forwarding, mailing, remittance, sending). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onsignationcay

   

Romanian

  

expediere de marfã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

консигнация. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

konsignation (consignment). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự gửi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Derivations & Misspellings: CONSIGNATION

Derivations

Words beginning with "CONSIGNATION": consignations. (additional references)


Misspellings

"CONSIGNATION" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: consignatie, constination, Cossington. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Top     

Rhyming with "CONSIGNATION"

Words rhyming with "CONSIGNATION" (pronounced 'Con`sig*na"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

Top     

Anagrams: CONSIGNATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-i-n-n-n-o-o-s-t"

-1 letter: sanctioning.

-2 letters: canonising, cognations, cognitions, contagions, containing, incognitas, incognitos, instancing, nonactions, sonicating, sonication.

-3 letters: agonistic, anointing, cantoning, cognation, cognition, conations, connoting, consonant, contagion, inactions, incanting, incognita, incognito, nonacting, nonaction, onanistic.

-4 letters: actinons, agnostic, cannings, canonist, coasting, coatings, coitions, conation, contains, inaction, incasing, intoning, isogonic, isotonic, nicotins, nonagons, nonionic, noonings, noticing, octagons, sainting, sanction, santonin.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-i-n-n-n-o-o-s-t"
 

+1 letter: consignations.

 

+3 letters: conglutinations, nonantagonistic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     



INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.