Definition of assignment Assignment

/ʌsajˈnmʌnt/ - [usaynmunt] - as•sign•ment

We found 18 definitions of assignment from 6 different sources.

What does assignment mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: assignments
assignment - a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty"
		duty assignment
		duty work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job"
		guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go, guard the duty of serving as a sentry; "he was on guard that night"
		fatigue duty, fatigue labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"
		mission, commission, charge the organized work of a religious missionary
		reassignment assignment to a different duty
		sea-duty, service abroad, shipboard duty naval service aboard a ship at sea
assignment - an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
		project, task, undertaking, labor a planned undertaking
		school assignment, schoolwork a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher
assignment - the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
		assigning
		distribution the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
assignment - the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
		legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
assignment - the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
		appointment, designation, naming
		decision, determination, conclusion the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
		nomination the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican nomination for Governor"
		co-optation, co-option the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent)
		delegacy the appointment of a delegate
		ordinance, ordination a statute enacted by a city government
assignment - (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
		grant
		transferred possession, transferred property a possession whose ownership changes or lapses
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
		apanage, appanage a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"

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Wiktionary

assignment (Noun)
The act of assigning, or an assigned task.
assignment (Noun)
A position to which someone is assigned.
assignment (Noun)
A task given to students, homework or coursework.
assignment (Noun)
A transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right; the document that effects this transfer.
assignment (Noun)
An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

assignment (n.)
An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.
assignment (n.)
A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.
assignment (n.)
The writing by which an interest is transferred.
assignment (n.)
The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

assignment
A duty assigned to someone.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

assignment
If, upon marches, guards, or in quarters, different corps of the army shall happen to join or do duty together, the officer highest in rank of the line of the army, marine corps, or militia, by commission, there on duty or in quarters, shall command the whole, and give orders for what is needful to the service, unless otherwise specially directed by the President of the United States, according to the nature of the case. See APPENDIX, ARTICLES OF WAR, 122. Appendix: 122. If, upon marches, guards, or in quarters, different corps of the Army happen to join or do duty together, the officer highest in rank of the line of the Army, Marine Corps, or militia, by commission, there on duty or in quarters, shall command the whole, and give orders for what is needful to the service, unless otherwise specially directed by the President, according to the nature of the case.