appointment, assignment, designation, naming
(noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; “the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee”
assignment, assigning
(noun) the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; “the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum”
assignment, duty assignment
(noun) a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); “hazardous duty”
assignment
(noun) an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
assignment
(noun) the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
grant, assignment
(noun) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
assignment (countable and uncountable, plural assignments)
The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
An assigned task.
A position to which someone is assigned.
(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
(legal) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
(legal) A document that effects this transfer.
(programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
• (programming): augmented assignment
Source: Wiktionary
As*sign"ment, n. Etym: [LL. assignamentum: cf. OF. assenement.]
1. An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.
2. (Law) (a) 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. (b) The writing by which an interest is transferred. (c) The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors. Assignment of dower, the setting out by metes and bounds of the widow's thirds or portion in the deceased husband's estate, and allotting it to her.
Note: Assignment is also used in law as convertible with specification; assignment of error in proceedings for review being specification of error; and assignment of perjury or fraud in indictment being specifications of perjury or fraud.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
