LexisNexis (July 24, 2019, 12:12 PM EDT) -- Consignment is a business relationship. Nearly all goods can be sold on consignment—from cars and clothing, to firearms and furniture. To consign is to send goods to an agent to be sold. This relationship is unique because the consignor asks a consignee to sell the goods on its behalf instead of selling them itself. One example is an automobile consignment. Assume you want to sell your car, but you don’t have time to market it and work out the details with prospective purchasers. So you send it to a dealership to sell it for you. To compensate the dealership for its efforts, you provide that it can keep a share of the proceeds. This is a consignment....