sell on commission

He took a few caps every day which he sold on commission.

Its funds were sold on commission by agents who were recruited from local rural communities.

These goods were then shipped to Boston on the regular sailing packets, to be sold on commission.

I want a list of all their agentsyou know, fellows who sell on commission and tout for orders."

A provincial grocer on one occasion sent him a thousand-weight of honey in barrels to be sold on commission.

"The stolen trees come out of my pocket," lamented Mr. Nobert, who sells on commission.

Likewise she was with him when he was driving horses to sell on commission; and in both their minds, independently, arose a new idea concerning their pilgrimage.

This season, employees who sell on commission - generally in jewelry, cosmetics, designer clothes, furniture and shoes - will find themselves under extra pressure to mine their Rolodexes.

An Uncle Collapsed Ms. Cruz found work as a drug dealer a few steps from her apartment building, selling on commission for the owner of the corner record shop.

They either sell on commission or for profit and in most cases, but not all, the purchase from the registrar and the sale to the ultimate buyer occurs in real time.

Merchants would buy and sell on commission, with money loaned to them by wealthy investors, or a joint investment of several merchants, who were often Muslim, Christian and Jewish.

I am a provincial wine merchant, my business often brings me to Paris, and I want a cellar where I could deposit wine which I sell on commission."

At the time, he said, he sold three of his paintings, which he describes as "aerosol expressionism," to Mr. Janis, and gave the gallery a number of other works to sell on commission.

Since selling on commission was one job easily available even during the hardest of times, an army of new salespeople appeared on the street peddling everything imaginable--from paper drinking cups to cheap neckties.

The museum's first arch contains a Brighton Visitor Information Point with free maps and brochures, a "stocking filler" toy shop mainly used by visiting school trips, and a set of cabinets of collectable toys and models that are sold on commission for museum customers.

In August 2009, The Livingston Group was mentioned in the bribery trial of Mose Jefferson, as one of TLG's clients, JRL Enterprises, was the supplier of education software which Mose Jefferson sold on commission under a separate contract.