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Assignation vs. Assignment — What's the Difference?

Assignation vs. Assignment — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Assignation and Assignment

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Assignation

The act of assigning
Assignation of blame.

Assignment

The act of assigning
His assignment of the tasks seemed unfair.

Assignation

Something assigned, especially an allotment.

Assignment

Something, such as a task, that is assigned
What's the math assignment for tonight?.

Assignation

An appointment to meet in secret, especially between lovers.
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Assignment

A position or post of duty to which one is assigned
The journalist took an assignment in China.

Assignation

The meeting made by such an appointment.

Assignment

The transfer of a claim, right, interest, or property from one to another.

Assignation

An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.

Assignment

The instrument by which this transfer is effected.

Assignation

The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

Assignment

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.

Assignation

A making over by transfer of title; assignment.

Assignment

The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.

Assignation

The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces.

Assignment

(LGBT) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.

Assignation

An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; - used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense.
While nymphs take treats, or assignations give.

Assignment

An assigned task.
The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.

Assignation

A making over by transfer of title; assignment.

Assignment

A position to which someone is assigned.
Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.

Assignation

A secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)

Assignment

(education) 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.

Assignation

The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan;
The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state

Assignment

(legal) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.

Assignment

(legal) 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.

Assignment

(programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

Assignment

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

Assignment

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.

Assignment

A duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces);
Hazardous duty

Assignment

The instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

Assignment

The act of distributing something to designated places or persons;
The first task is the assignment of an address to each datum

Assignment

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Assignment

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

Assignment

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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