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单词 assignation
释义 as·sig·na·tion
\ˌasigˈnāshən, ˌasēg-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English assignacion, from Middle French, from Latin assignation-, assignatio, from assignatus + -ion-, -io -ion
1. obsolete : authoritative order
2.
 a. obsolete : assignment of funds : allowance
 b. : something assigned (as a sum of money)
 c. obsolete : a piece of paper currency
3.
 a. : a making over by transfer of title : assignment
 b. : an assigning by allotment : apportionment
4. : an appointment of time and place for a meeting especially for illicit sexual relations
 < known places of assignation — E.A.Armstrong >
 < returned from an assignation with his mistress — W.B.Yeats >
5. : attribution, ascription
 < the assignation to Mark Twain of “everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it” — Saturday Review >
Synonyms: see engagement
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