1. to give or deliver something to someone’s care or custody
2. to send goods to someone to be sold
Usage: commercial
3. to put someone or something in an unpleasant situation or place

Examples

• The museum consigned the rare artifacts to a secure storage facility.
• She consigned her old furniture to an auction house.
• The artist consigned several paintings to the gallery for sale.
• The dictator consigned his enemies to prison.
• Parents consigned their children to the care of relatives during the war.
• The company consigned the defective products to the scrap heap.
• He consigned the letter to the flames in anger.