assignment

noun9

1. •
   a job that someone in charge, such as a teacher or a boss, has told a person to do

   • The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.
2. •
   A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.

   • Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish them by Monday.
3. •
   The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

   • This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.
4. •
   A position to which one is assigned.

   • Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.
5. •
   A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

   • The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.
6. •
   An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
7. •
   The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

   • We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.
8. •
   The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
9. •
   A document that effects this transfer.

   • Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.