Noun
1. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces);
"hazardous duty"2. the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
3. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons;
"the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"4. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
5. an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
6. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position;
"the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"