assignment

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to assign + -ment

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assignment (plural assignments)

1. the act of assigning, or an assigned task
2. a position to which someone is assigned
3. (law) a transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right; the document that effects this transfer
4. (computing) an operation that assigns a value to a variable

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