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Assignment   /əsˈaɪnmənt/   Listen
Assignment

noun
1.
A duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces).  Synonym: duty assignment.
2.
The instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another.
3.
The act of distributing something to designated places or persons.  Synonym: assigning.
4.
(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance.  Synonym: grant.
5.
An undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor).
6.
The act of putting a person into a non-elective position.  Synonyms: appointment, designation, naming.



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"Assignment" Quotes from Famous Books



... seemed interminable and had in fact been complicated; but by the decision on the appeal the judgement of the divorce-court was confirmed as to the assignment of the child. The father, who, though bespattered from head to foot, had made good his case, was, in pursuance of this triumph, appointed to keep her: it was not so much that the mother's character had been more absolutely ...
— What Maisie Knew • Henry James
... in a tone of the liveliest interest. "That's good news. It must be about the most important assignment they could give you, just now. Well, I wonder if you are destined to be the only conscientious reporter in Kenton City, or whether you will simply be like all the rest. Are you going to have the courage of your convictions—which I think I can surmise, though you haven't as yet confided them to ...
— The Lieutenant-Governor • Guy Wetmore Carryl
... been perfectly chosen and fitted out for its new assignment. It was a high-speed frigate furnished with superheating equipment that allowed the tension of its steam to build to seven atmospheres. Under this pressure the Abraham Lincoln reached an average speed of 18.3 miles per hour, a ...
— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne
... Crag would care very much about the high lights of a trousseau, and it was just as well that Nell came in to get me to help her write a letter to National Headquarters to know if she could have any kind of assignment in the Campaign for the Convention to alter the Constitution in Tennessee ...
— The Tinder-Box • Maria Thompson Daviess
... into journalism was unimpressive. They gave him a desk, an outfit of writing materials, a mail-box with his name on it, and eventually an assignment. Mr. Mallory presented him to several of the other "cubs" and two or three of the older and more important reporters. They were all quite amiable, obviously willing to be helpful, and they impressed the observant neophyte with that quiet and solid esprit de corps which is based upon respect ...
— Success - A Novel • Samuel Hopkins Adams


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