entrustment

noun

Definition of entrustmentnext
as in consignment

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrustment
  1. consignment
  2. mandate
  3. empowerment
  4. delegation
  5. authorization
  6. commendation
  7. facilitation
  8. license
Noun
  • The RealReal also moved to a consignment model and stopped buying inventory.
    — Evan Clark, WWD, 28 Feb. 2025
  • That information is used to dynamically create a consignment within SAP’s transportation management system, which then can be used to continue the receiving process.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of consignment
Noun
  • The panel embarked on an ambitious listening tour, hearing from a total of 1,650 community members with the mandate of creating a strategic plan for Connecticut’s child care system.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
  • President Trump has said repeatedly that he was elected with a mandate to cut Federal bureaucracy and eliminate waste.
    — Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of mandate
Noun
  • But this growing trend—a product of the ongoing wave of athlete empowerment—hasn’t arrived without resistance.
    — Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • It’s definitely brought a new kind of empowerment within me as an actor to break out of getting stuck in our own way and being afraid to explore other parts of being human, not basing it on culture or religion and just delving in and doing it and being human.
    — Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
Definition of empowerment
Noun
  • Goncharenko, a Ukrainian MP and member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said that there were also concerns about the details of the final agreement.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
  • This week, a team of U.S. officials are in Saudi Arabia, mediating a set of separate talks with delegations from Russia and Ukraine, working toward a possible limited cease-fire, but the outcome remains uncertain.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of delegation
Noun
  • In 2022, immigrants working in the United States without legal authorization paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes and $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, according to a recent analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
    — Jane C. Timm, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Their hypothetical rap sheet could begin and end with entering the U.S. illegally, a misdemeanor, or residing in the U.S. without authorization, a civil offense.
    — Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of authorization
Noun
  • Former San Jose Public Art Director Barbara Goldstein appeared before the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors this month to accept a commendation for Womanhood.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
  • While these commendations are encouraging, the students say witnessing a direct impact on families has been the most rewarding.
    — Tara Sreekrishnan, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of commendation
Noun
  • The independent federal agency provides training, mediation, facilitation, dispute systems design and other resolution services to federal agencies, according to its website.
    — Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Travelers are urged not to go to Belarus because of arbitrary enforcement of local laws, risk of detention, continued facilitation of Russia's war against Ukraine, potential civil unrest and the U.S. Embassy's limited ability to assist Americans residing in or traveling to the nation.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of facilitation
Noun
  • Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro suspended flights on March 8, after the U.S. Treasury Department announced the withdrawal of Chevron’s license to export Venezuelan oil.
    — ASSOCIATED PRESS, TIME, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Only individuals with proper licenses or permits can hunt alligators in South Carolina, the organization adds, and Southern states including Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia and more have programs that allow licensed hunters and other individuals to control nuisance alligators.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of license
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