Webster's English Dictionary

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assignment

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  1. task                  
 
as.sign.ment \*-'si-n-m*nt\ n 1: the act of assigning  2: a post or duty to 
   which one is assigned : APPOINTMENT  3: the transfer of property; esp : the 
   transfer of property to be h eld in trust or to be used for the benefit of 
   creditors