Synonyms:
assignment, duty_assignment
Meaning: a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty"
Synonyms:
assignment
Meaning: the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
Synonyms:
assignment, assigning
Meaning: the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
Usage examples
An assignment."
WITHOUT STANDING UP, we stared in the direction of the forest, my hand stopping halfway to my mouth, Ned Land's completing its assignment.
Burlingame had intended sending Kitty out of town on an assignment during Easter week. An exchange of telegrams that morning had closed the gap in time.
They have, perhaps, some motive to serve in hastening the ruin of a rival firm. But all I know, sir, is, that I am ready to hand you over this sum in exchange for your assignment of the debt.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Moe Berg, License CC BY-SA 4.0