Assignment (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
  2. a position of responsibility, post of duty, or the like, to which one is appointed: He left for his assignment in the Middle East.
  3. an act of assigning; appointment.
  4. Law.
    • the transference of a right, interest, or title, or the instrument of transfer.
    • a transference of property to assignees for the benefit of creditors.
noun
  1. something that has been assigned, such as a mission or task
  2. a position or post to which a person is assigned
  3. the act of assigning or state of being assigned
  4. law
    • the transfer to another of a right, interest, or title to property, esp personal property
    • the document effecting such a transfer
    • the right, interest, or property transferred
  5. (formerly) the transfer, esp by an insolvent debtor, of property in trust for the benefit of his creditors
  6. a function that associates specific values with each variable in a formal expression
  7. a system (1789–1841) whereby a convict could become the unpaid servant of a freeman
Assignment (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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