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   As·sign·ment

   /əˈsīnmənt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a task or piece of work assigned to someone as part of a job or course of study: "a homework assignment" Similar taskpiece of workpiece of businessjobdutychorechargelaborfunctioncommissionmissionerrandengagementoccupationundertakingexercisebusinessofficeresponsibilitydetailendeavorenterprisepiece of researchprojecthomeworkprep
   • ▪ the allocation of a job or task to someone: "the effective assignment of tasks"
   • ▪ the task or post to which one has been appointed: US "his assignment was to the County Court"
   • 2. the attribution of someone or something as belonging: "the assignment of individuals to particular social positions" Similar allocationallotmentissuingissuanceawardinggrantgrantingadministrationearmarkingdesignationsetting asidebudgetingsharing outapportionmentdistributionhanding outdealing outdoling outgiving outdishing outparceling outrationing outdividing outdividing updispensationmeasuring outmeting outinformal:divvying up
   • 3. an act of making a legal transfer of a right, property, or liability: "an assignment of leasehold property" Similar transfermaking overgivingpassing onhanding downconveyanceconsignmentalienationdemisedeviseattornment
   • ▪ a document effecting the legal transfer of a right or property.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French assignement, from medieval Latin assignamentum, from Latin assignare ‘allot’ (see assign).

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