- consignment (n.)
[consignment 词源字典]
- 1560s, "sealing with a sign," from consign + -ment. Meaning "delivering over" is from 1660s; especially of goods, for the sake of sale or auction, from c. 1700. Meaning "quantity of goods so assigned" is recorded from 1720s.[consignment etymology, consignment origin, 英语词源]