Definition of assigment
1. assignment [ n ] as duty that you are assigned to perform especially in the armed forces
Examples: : "hazardous duty"
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)
Manager_Hemus , eager to end a pitching slump that has brought four losses in the five games on the current home stand , moved Gibson to the Wednesday night starting assignment .
(The Christian Science Monitor,...)
The remainder of the cast fulfilled its assignments no more_than satisfactorily just as the old production and limited stage_direction proved only serviceable .
Synonyms assignment duty_assignment Related Terms duty mission guard_duty reassignment fatigue_duty shore_duty sea-duty delegate2. assignment [ n ] the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
Used in print:(Legislation on Foreign Relations. Committee on Foreign...)
if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corporation , duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United_States , makes an assignment of the claim , or any part thereof , with_respect_to which an award is made , or makes an assignment of such award , or any part thereof , payment shall be made to the assignee , as his interest may appear ; and in the case of any assignment of an award , or any part thereof , which is made in_writing and duly acknowledged and filed , after such award is certified to the Secretary_of_the_Treasury , payment may , in the discretion of the Secretary_of_the_Treasury , be made to the assignee , as his interest may appear .
if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corporation , duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United_States , makes an assignment of the claim , or any part thereof , with_respect_to which an award is made , or makes an assignment of such award , or any part thereof , payment shall be made to the assignee , as his interest may appear ; and in the case of any assignment of an award , or any part thereof , which is made in_writing and duly acknowledged and filed , after such award is certified to the Secretary_of_the_Treasury , payment may , in the discretion of the Secretary_of_the_Treasury , be made to the assignee , as his interest may appear .
if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corporation , duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United_States , makes an assignment of the claim , or any part thereof , with_respect_to which an award is made , or makes an assignment of such award , or any part thereof , payment shall be made to the assignee , as his interest may appear ; and in the case of any assignment of an award , or any part thereof , which is made in_writing and duly acknowledged and filed , after such award is certified to the Secretary_of_the_Treasury , payment may , in the discretion of the Secretary_of_the_Treasury , be made to the assignee , as his interest may appear .
Synonyms assignment Related Terms legal_document law3. assignment [ n ] the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
Examples:
"the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
(Hugh Kelly and Ted Ziehe, "Glossary Lookup Made Easy"...)
Only the assignment of the information cells is important .
(Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)
There is a parallel to this tendency in the assignment of time in long known hymn tunes .
Synonyms assignment assigning Related Terms distribution allocation assign4. assignment [ n ] (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
Synonyms grant assignment Related Terms transferred_property land_grant appanage law5. assignment [ n ] an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
Synonyms assignment Related Terms undertaking school_assignment writing_assignment assign6. assignment [ n ] the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
Examples:
"the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
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