consignment store

American  

noun

1. a retail store that sells secondhand items on behalf of others and receives a percentage of the sales price.

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Example Sentences

Some influencers go to Dresscue, an Atwater Village consignment store, because they can rent empty racks to sell their clothes, Craig said, though the store was not specifically designed for them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

Aptly named, the Gold Mine, a second-hand consignment store that funds the community library, might turn up a YSL coat or a Moncler sweater for peanuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

But once in Miami, he visited Flight Club, an upscale sneaker consignment store.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2022

I found it for $50 at an online designer consignment store while on hold with the hospital; a nurse was checking on the results of my bone marrow biopsy.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2021

There was the $20 application fee at the Park Plaza, plus $20 for the belt I need for Menards, purchased only after comparison shopping at a consignment store.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich