assignment

Noun

• the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
  • the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
    

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

• (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

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

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

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  appointment , designation , naming , grant , assigning , duty assignment