| Main Entry: | consignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entrusting, handing over |
Synonyms: |
assignment, committal, dispatch, distribution, relegation, sending shipment, transmittal |
Antonyms: |
holding, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | consignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something entrusted to another's care |
Synonyms: |
batch, delivery, goods, shipment |
| Main Entry: | assignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | selecting or setting apart |
Synonyms: |
allocation, allotment, appointment, apportionment, appropriation, ascription, assignation, attribution, authorization, choice, consignment, delegation, designation, determination, distribution, giving, grant, nomination, selection, specification, stipulation |
Antonyms: |
keeping |
| Main Entry: | cargo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | baggage; something to be delivered |
Synonyms: |
burden, consignment, contents, freight, goods, haul, lading, load, merchandise, payload, shipload, shipment, tonnage, ware |
| Main Entry: | classification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | categorization |
Synonyms: |
allocation, alloting, allotment, analysis, apportionment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, cataloguing, categorizing, codification, collocation, consignment, coordination, denomination, department, designation, disposal, disposition, distributing, distribution, division, echelon, gradation, grade, grading, graduation, group, grouping, kind, order, ordering, ordination, organization, pigeonholing, regulation, sizing, sorting, systematization, tabulating, taxonomy, typecasting |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | task, duty |
Synonyms: |
agency, appointment, authority, brevet, certificate, charge, consignment, delegation, deputation, diploma, embassy, employment, errand, function, instruction, legation, mandate, mission, obligation, office, permit, power of attorney, proxy, trust, warrant, work |
| Main Entry: | delegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
appointment, apportioning, authorization, charge, commissioning, committal, consigning, consignment, conveyance, conveying, deputation, deputization, deputizing, devolution, entrustment, giving over, installation, investiture, mandate, nomination, ordination, reference, referring, relegation, sending away, submittal, submitting, transferal, transference, transferring, trust |
| Notes: | a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people, often at a conference during an assembly's regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group |
Antonyms: |
keeping |
| Main Entry: | delivery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transfer, transmittal |
Synonyms: |
carting, commitment, consignment, conveyance, dispatch, distribution, drop, freighting, giving over, handing over, impartment, intrusting, mailing, parcel post, portage, post, rendition, shipment, surrender, transmission |
Antonyms: |
hold, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | dispensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allocation of supply |
Synonyms: |
allotment, appointment, apportionment, award, bestowal, conferment, consignment, courtesy, dealing out, disbursement, distribution, dole, endowment, favor, indulgence, kindness, part, portion, quota, service, share |
| Main Entry: | disposal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, settlement of situation |
Synonyms: |
action, allocation, arrangement, array, assignment, assortment, bequest, bestowal, consignment, control, conveyance, determination, dispensation, disposition, distribution, division, effectuation, end, gift, grouping, order, ordering, placing, position, provision, sequence, transfer, winding up |
Antonyms: |
beginning, start |