What is assignment?

More definitions of "assignment":

• (noun): The instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another.

• (noun): The act of distributing something to designated places or persons.
  Example: "The first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
  Synonyms: assigning

• (noun): A duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces).
  Synonyms: duty assignment

• (noun): An undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor).

• (noun): (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance.
  Synonyms: grant