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The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

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  1. n. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
  2. n. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense.
  3. n. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.
  4. n. a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
  5. n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
  6. 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.
  7. n:100 n. a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)