ASSIGNATION

allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation

(noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; “the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state”

assignation, tryst

(noun) a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

assignation (countable and uncountable, plural assignations)

An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.

The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

A making over by transfer of title; assignment.

Usage notes

Modern usage confines the word to mean an agreed-upon place for illicit sex, but earlier usage is broader, and considerably more innocent.

Anagrams

• saginations

Source: Wiktionary

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As`sig*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. assignatio, fr. assignare: cf. F. assignation.]

1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment. This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces. Holland.

2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense. While nymphs take treats, or assignations give. Pope.

3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment. House of assignation, a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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