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assignment
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[ noun ] as duty that you are assigned to perform especially in the armed forces
Synonyms Examples : "hazardous duty" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Manager_Hemus , eager to end a pitching slump that has brought four losses in the five games on the current home stand , moved Gibson to the Wednesday night starting assignment . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)The remainder of the cast fulfilled its assignments no more_than satisfactorily just as the old production and limited stage_direction proved only serviceable . Related terms duty mission guard_duty reassignment fatigue_duty shore_duty sea-duty delegate |
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[ noun ] (law,writing) the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
Used in print (Legislation on Foreign Relations. Committee on Foreign...)if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corporation , duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United_States , makes an assignment of the claim , or any part thereof , with_respect_to which an award is made , or makes an assignment of such award , or any part thereof , payment shall be made to the assignee , as his interest may appear ; and in the case of any assignment of an award , or any part thereof , which is made in_writing and duly acknowledged and filed , after such award is certified to the Secretary_of_the_Treasury , payment may , in the discretion of the Secretary_of_the_Treasury , be made to the assignee , as his interest may appear . if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corporation , duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United_States , makes an assignment of the claim , or any part thereof , with_respect_to which an award is made , or makes an assignment of such award , or any part thereof , payment shall be made to the assignee , as his interest may appear ; and in the case of any assignment of an award , or any part thereof , which is made in_writing and duly acknowledged and filed , after such award is certified to the Secretary_of_the_Treasury , payment may , in the discretion of the Secretary_of_the_Treasury , be made to the assignee , as his interest may appear . if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corporation , duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United_States , makes an assignment of the claim , or any part thereof , with_respect_to which an award is made , or makes an assignment of such award , or any part thereof , payment shall be made to the assignee , as his interest may appear ; and in the case of any assignment of an award , or any part thereof , which is made in_writing and duly acknowledged and filed , after such award is certified to the Secretary_of_the_Treasury , payment may , in the discretion of the Secretary_of_the_Treasury , be made to the assignee , as his interest may appear . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
Synonyms Examples "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum" Used in print (Hugh Kelly and Ted Ziehe, "Glossary Lookup Made Easy"...)Only the assignment of the information cells is important . (Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)There is a parallel to this tendency in the assignment of time in long known hymn tunes . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
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[ noun ] an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
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[ noun ] the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
Synonyms Examples "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" Related terms decision nomination delegacy ordination co-option recognition delegate name |
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