ASSIGNMENT

• (noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

  "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"

  synonyms : appointment , designation , naming

• (noun) the act of distributing something to designated places or persons

  "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"

  synonyms : assigning

• (noun) a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

  "hazardous duty"

  synonyms : duty assignment

• (noun) an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

• (noun) the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

• (noun) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

  synonyms : grant

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