Crossword clues for consignor
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Consignor \Con*sign"or\ (? or ?; 277), n. One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to consignee. [Written also consigner.]
Wiktionary
alt. (context business English) The person who sends a consignment to a consignee n. (context business English) The person who sends a consignment to a consignee
WordNet
n. the person who delivers over or commits merchandise [syn: consigner]
Wikipedia
The consignor, in a contract of carriage, is the person sending a shipment to be delivered whether by land, sea or air. Some carriers, such as national postal entities, use the term "sender" or "shipper" but in the event of a legal dispute the proper and technical term "consignor" will generally be used.
If Sender sends a widget to Receiver via a delivery service, Sender is the consignor and Receiver is the consignee.
Category:Commercial item transport and distribution
Usage examples of "consignor".
However, special tariffs were usually imposed on privateer imports, and easily identifiable articles might trigger legal action by the original consignors or their insurance companies.
Unfortunately the consignor in his haste for departure left papers in disarray, lacking official stamps.
Unfortunately the consignor in his haste for departure left papers in disarray, lacking official stamps.
As a considerable quantity of beer was part of the MAY-FLOWER'S lading, and her consignors stood bound to make good in quantity the stave-stock she carried away, it was essential, in going to a wild country where it could not be bought, but must be "got out" from the growing timber, to take along a "cooper and cleaver" for that purpose.