Assignment

Pronunciation

Origin

Old French assignement

Full definition of assignment

Noun

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