assignment
Noun
Meaning
An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.
A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.
The writing by which an interest is transferred.
The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors.
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the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum
hazardous duty
” 16 corps members got Commendation Letters for their outstanding work in their primary places of assignment, we, however, lost one too ruptured Appendix,” Okpongete said.
Above all these, she is a proud wife and mom to two boys and takes that assignment very seriously.
About 65% of protein-coding genes currently lack functional assignment.