Assignment
[ə'saɪnm(ə)nt] or [ə'saɪnmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; 'the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum'.
(noun.) a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); 'hazardous duty'.
(noun.) an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor).
(noun.) the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another.
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Definition
(n.) An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.
(n.) A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.
(n.) The writing by which an interest is transferred.
(n.) The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Appointment, allotment, apportionment.[2]. (Law.) Transfer, conveyance.
Edited by Hugh
Examples
- It presents an assignment of something to be done--something to be tried. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In a few days the company was in uniform and ready to report at the State capital for assignment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I shortly after recommended to the Secretary the assignment of General Buell to duty. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sometimes it has made this assignment or mortgage for a short period of time only, a year, or a few years, for example; and sometimes for perpetuity. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Edison all it owes to him, the Age would have to make an assignment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Having made alternate choice of two different arms of service with different uniforms, I could not get a uniform suit until notified of my assignment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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