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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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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

Then I’d stop at the consignment store Secondi to see if there are any new arrivals.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2022

Over at Flight Club, a consignment store for coveted sneakers, located near Union Square, the jacket prompted a sales associate to expound about his love of Kanye.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

Look at the state Capitol, she said, located blocks from a philanthropic consignment store she owns in Columbia.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2019

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