Consignment accounting is a type of business arrangement in which one person send goods to another person for sale on his behalf and the person who sends goods is called consignor and another person who receives the goods is called consignee, where consignee sells the goods on behalf of consignor on consideration of ...
Selling goods on consignment is described as a situation whereby goods are shipped to a dealer who pays you, the consignor, only for the merchandise which sells. The dealer, referred to as the consignee, has the right to return to you the merchandise which does not sell and without obligation.
Consignment account is a Nominal account.
For example, you may own a jewelry store where you sell jewelry on consignment. Typically, the owner of the jewelry will bring it to you and sign an agreement that authorizes you to sell the item and transfer ownership to the buyer.