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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

He has managed the retail and consignment store specializing in rare and popular sneaker brands since 2015.

From Los Angeles Times

Bartholomew, using surveillance video, relied solely on a match generated by facial recognition technology to seek an arrest warrant for Reid after a stolen credit card was used to buy two purses for more than $8,000 from a consignment store outside New Orleans in June 2022, the lawsuit said.

From Seattle Times

The appraiser might also suggest appropriate venues, such as an auction house or consignment store, Hall says.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Calogero found out that Mr. Reid was accused of the summer thefts of two Chanel purses and a brown Louis Vuitton bag, collectively worth almost $13,000, from Second Act, a consignment store on the outskirts of New Orleans.

From New York Times