assignment
assignment [noun]
1. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty"
2. the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
3. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
4. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
5. an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
6. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
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noun
commission, errand, project, position, post, responsibility, charge, delegation, nomination, selection, grant, issuance, designation, task, mission, job, duty, chore, undertaking, endeavor
transfer, apportionment, distribution, consignment, conveyance, devise, attornment, allotment, allocation
