Assignment

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  • noun. The act of assigning.
  • noun. Something, such as a task, that is assigned: synonym: task.
  • noun. A position or post of duty to which one is assigned.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The transfer of a claim, right, interest, or property from one to another.
  • noun. The instrument by which this transfer is effected.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of apportioning or allotting; allotment.
  • noun. The act of setting apart, appointing, designating, or specifying.
  • noun. That which has been assigned, as a particular task or duty.
  • noun. Specifically, in law: The transference of a right or an interest. See assign, v., 6
  • noun. . A pointing out or setting forth: as, the assignment of error.
  • noun. The writing by which an interest is transferred.
  • noun. An allotment, allowance, or pension; a sum allowed.
  • noun. Formerly, in Australia, the allotting of convicts as unpaid servants to colonists, in order to relieve the authorities of the expense of the convict establishments.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The writing by which an interest is transferred.
  • noun. The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors.
  • noun. the setting out by metes and bounds of the widow's thirds or portion in the deceased husband's estate, and allotting it to her.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the act of assigning, or an assigned task
  • noun. a position to which someone is assigned
  • noun. a task given to students, homework or coursework
  • noun. a transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right; the document that effects this transfer
  • noun. an operation that assigns a value to a variable
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
  • noun. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
  • noun. an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
  • noun. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
  • noun. the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
  • noun. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
  • Word Usage
    "I believe that this assignment is the most challenging of them all - and I believe it even more after reading the first batch of posts on this thread."
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