mənt noun
1.
something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
2.
a position of responsibility, post of duty, or the like, to which one is appointed: He left for his assignment in the Middle East.
3.
an act of assigning; appointment.
4.
Law.
a.
the transference of a right, interest, or title, or the instrument of transfer.
b.
a transference of property to assignees for the benefit of creditors.
Related forms
mis·as·sign·ment, noun
non·as·sign·ment, noun
re·as·sign·ment, noun
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| —n | |
| 1. | something that has been assigned, such as a mission or task |
| 2. | a position or post to which a person is assigned |
| 3. | the act of assigning or state of being assigned |
| 4. | law |
| a. the transfer to another of a right, interest, or title to property, esp personal property: assignment of a lease | |
| b. the document effecting such a transfer | |
| c. the right, interest, or property transferred | |
| 5. | law (formerly) the transfer, esp by an insolvent debtor, of property in trust for the benefit of his creditors |
| 6. | logic a function that associates specific values with each variable in a formal expression |
| 7. | (Austral) history a system (1789--1841) whereby a convict could become the unpaid servant of a freeman |
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Word Origin & History
assignment
late 14c., "appointment," from O.Fr. assignment, from L.L. assignamentum, noun of action from assignare (see assign). Meaning "a task assigned" (to someone) is from c.1848.
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Computing Dictionary
assignment definition
programmingStoring the value of an expression in a variable. This is commonly written in the form "v = e". In Algol the assignment operator was ":=" (pronounced "becomes") to avoid mathematicians qualms about writing statements like x = x+1.
Assignment is not allowed in functional languages, where an identifier always has the same value.
See also referential transparency, single assignment, zero assignment.
(1996-08-19)
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