noun (n)

• a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  duty assignment
  

  source: wordnet30
• the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of distributing something to designated places or persons(noun.act)

  Example:
  The first task is the assignment of an address to each datum.
  

  Synonym:
  assigning
  

  source: wordnet30
• (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance(noun.possession)

  Synonym:
  grant
  

  source: wordnet30
• an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of putting a person into a non-elective position(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  appointment, designation, naming
  

  source: wordnet30
• An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.(noun)

  source: webster1913