assignment

noun

1. 1

   the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

   the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee

2. 2

   the act of distributing something to designated places or persons

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

3. 3

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

   hazardous duty

4. 4

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

5. 5

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

6. 6

   (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance