Assignment - Definition
assignment
n 1: a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the
armed forces); "hazardous duty" [syn: assignment, 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; "the first task is the assignment of an address to
each datum" [syn: assignment, assigning]
4: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance [syn:
grant, assignment]
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;
"the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
[syn: appointment, assignment, designation, naming]