assignment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A task or piece of work that you are given to do.

   The assignment the department gave him proved quite challenging.

2. 2
   noun

   A piece of work given to students, such as homework.

   Mrs Smith said we had to finish our assignments by Monday.

3. 3
   noun

   The act of giving someone a job or task to do.

   The chart shows the assignment of tasks across the committee.

4. 4
   noun

   The legal transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

   The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.

From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement. By surface analysis, assign + -ment.

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