assignment

1. 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. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. n. The writing by which an interest is transferred. Source: opted

4. n. The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors. Source: opted

5. n. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) Source: wordnet

6. n. the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another Source: wordnet

7. n. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons Source: wordnet

8. n. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance Source: wordnet

9. n. an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) Source: wordnet

10. n. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position Source: wordnet

11. 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

12. n:100 n. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) n. the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another n. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons n. an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) Source: ecdict

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