Main entry: assignment, appointment, designation, naming
Definition: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
Usage: the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
Main entry: assigning, assignment
Definition: the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
Usage: the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum
Main entry: assignment, duty assignment
Definition: a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
Usage: hazardous duty
Main entry: assignment
Definition: an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
Main entry: assignment
Definition: the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
Main entry: assignment, grant
Definition: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance