Noun

(en noun)

The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.

The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.

An assigned task.

The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.

A position to which someone is assigned.

Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.

(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.

Mrs Smith gave out our assignments , and said we had to finish them by Monday.

(legal) A transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right.

The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.

(legal) A document that effects this transfer.

Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.

(computing) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

Noun

(en noun)

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; — often in the plural.

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Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.

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(lb) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.

A material object (vaguely designated).

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*:The house was a big elaborate limestone affair , evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

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, title= The Three Corpse Trick, section=chapter 5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}

An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur ).