<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.</li><li>A position of responsibility, post of duty, or the like, to which one is appointed: He left for his assignment in the Middle East.</li><li>An act of assigning; appointment.</li><li>The transference of a right, interest, or title, or the instrument of transfer.</li><li>A transference of property to assignees for the benefit of creditors.</li></ul>