These persons, in ordinary times, act as salesmen or agents, and make up assortments of goods at the market price, for the use of the home or foreign dealer.
"On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures"
Charles Babbage
The latter were kept apart, and the former were partitioned off into square assortments.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
The clothing was piled upon the bed, which was one of the filthiest assortments of tenement-house bedding that I have ever seen-and that is saying a great deal.
"White Slaves"
Louis A Banks