Assignment meaning

noun

1. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

   “hazardous duty”

   Synonymsduty 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”

   Synonymsassigning

4. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

   Synonymsgrant

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”

   Synonymsappointmentdesignationnaming