consignment store meaning

• n. [c] (Am.)
  
  a store that sells your goods on a sale-or-return basis and receives a percentage of the price
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  [Business]
  noun [C]

  especially in the US, a type of shop/store where you can take items to be sold on your behalf or returned to you if they are not sold:

  Every two or three years I sort my old clothes and take the best of them to the local consignment store.

• For jewelry, consignment stores are generally the place to look.
• If want to shop in consignment stores, here are some guidelines:
• The appeal of a men's consignment store is obvious _ price.
• -You can find updated bags, jewelry and shoes at consignment stores.
• Consignment stores all want modern clothing, not vintage.
• This makes consignment stores become the first-handed informative centre of fashion.
• The appearance of consignment stores could greatly encourage the production of DIY goods.
• For other independent designers, consignment stores are helpful.
• This reduce the competitiveness of individual renters as well as the consignment stores.
• Now consignment stores have come into their own.

• "consignment store" meaning in Chinese: 寄销店
• "consignment store" meaning in Japanese: 委託販売店｛いたく はんばいてん｝