Assignment vs. Consignment — What's the Difference?

The act of assigning

Consignment involves selling one's personal goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor such as a consignment store or online thrift store. The owner of the goods pays the third-party a portion of the sale for facilitating the sale.

Something, such as a task, that is assigned

A batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone

A position or post of duty to which one is assigned

The act of consigning.

The transfer of a claim, right, interest, or property from one to another.

Something consigned.

The instrument by which this transfer is effected.

A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.

The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

The act of consigning.

The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

The sale of one's own goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor, in exchange for a portion of the sale price, and with the consigner retaining ownership of the goods until they are sold or abandoned.

(LGBT) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.

The act of consigning; consignation.

An assigned task.

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

A position to which someone is assigned.

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

(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.

The writing by which anything is consigned.

(legal) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

Goods carried by a large vehicle

(legal) A document that effects this transfer.

The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

(programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

The delivery of goods for sale or disposal

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.

A duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces);

The instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

The act of distributing something to designated places or persons;

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

An undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

The act of putting a person into a non-elective position;