Definition of "assignment"

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

The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

1. (LGBT) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.  examples

An assigned task.  examples

A position to which someone is assigned.  examples

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

(law) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.  examples

(law) A document that effects this transfer.  examples

(programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.  examples