assign /ə-sīnˈ/

1. To allot, share out
2. To designate, appoint
3. To put forward, adduce
4. To make over, transfer
5. To ascribe, refer
6. To specify
7. To fix, determine

1. A person to whom any property or right is made over, an assignee (law)
2. (in pl) appendages (Shakespeare)

assignˈable adjective

That may be assigned

assignation /as-ig-nāˈshən/ noun

1. An appointment to meet, used chiefly of clandestine meetings between lovers and mostly with disapproval
2. The making over of any right to another (Scots law)

assignee /as-īn-ēˈ/ noun

1. A person to whom any right or property is assigned
2. A person who receives a contractual right or liability under an assignment
3. A trustee of a sequestrated estate

assignment /-sīnˈ/ noun

1. The act of assigning
2. Anything assigned
3. A legal process whereby contractual rights and liabilities may be transferred from an original contracting party to a third person
4. The writing by which such a transfer is made
5. A task, piece of work, etc allotted
6. (Spenser altered in 1596 to dessignment) design, enterprise

assignˈer noun

assignor /as-i-nörˈ/ noun (law)

A person who transfers a right or asset under an assignment

assigning authority noun

A national body authorized to assign load-lines to ships

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• understand each other
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