Dictionary definition · assignment
noun
- a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)"hazardous assignment"
- the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
- the act of distributing something to designated places or persons"the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
- (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position"the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).