assignment
/əˈsaɪn.mənt/ noun B1- The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks. · This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.
- The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category. · We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.
- The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
- An assigned task. · The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.
- A position to which one is assigned. · Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.
- A task given to students, such as homework or coursework. · Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish them by Monday.
- A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another. · The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.
- A document that effects this transfer. · Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.
Plural assignments
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But all I know, sir, is, that I am ready to hand you over this sum in exchange for your assignment of the debt.
Give me a simple assignment of your debt; acknowledge therein the receipt of the cash, and I will hand you over the money.”
de Boville, who took it without ceremony, and quickly drew up the required assignment, while the Englishman counted out the bank-notes on the other side of the desk.
“Here is,” said the Englishman, taking a quantity of papers from his pocket, “an assignment of 200,000 francs to our house by M.
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