English-Thai Dictionary

assignment

N การมอบหมาย  designation authorization nomination kan-mob-mai

 

assignment

N งาน  งา นที่ ได้ รับมอบหมาย  task responsibility job ngan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASSIGNMENT

n. 1. An allotting, or an appointment to a particular person or use.
2. A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of a lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange.
3. The writing by which an interest is transferred.
4. The appointment or designation of causes or actions in court, for trial on particular days.
5. In law, the conveyance of the whole interest which a man has in an estate, usually for life or year. It differs from a lease, which is the conveyance of a less term than the lessor has in the estate.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASSIGNMENT

As *sign "ment, n. Etym: [LL. assignamentum: cf. OF. assenement.]

 

1. An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

 

2. (Law ) (a ) 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.(b ) The writing by which an interest is transferred. (c ) The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors. Assignment of dower, the setting out by metes and bounds of the widow's thirds or portion in the deceased husband's estate, and allotting it to her.

 

Note: Assignment is also used in law as convertible with specification; assignment of error in proceedings for review being specification of error; and assignment of perjury or fraud in indictment being specifications of perjury or fraud.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

assignment

as sign ment |əˈsīnmənt əˈsaɪnmənt | ▶noun 1 a task or piece of work assigned to someone as part of a job or course of study: a homework assignment. • the allocation of a job or task to someone: the effective assignment of tasks. • the task or post to which one has been appointed: his assignment was to the County Court | I was on assignment for a German magazine. 2 the attribution of someone or something as belonging: the assignment of individuals to particular social positions. 3 an act of making a legal transfer of a right, property, or liability: an assignment of leasehold property. • a document effecting such a transfer. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French assignement, from medieval Latin assignamentum, from Latin assignare ‘allot ’ (see assign ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

assignment

as ¦sign |ment |əˈsʌɪnm (ə )nt | ▶noun 1 a task or piece of work allocated to someone as part of a job or course of study: a homework assignment. • [ mass noun ] the allocation of a job or task to someone: the effective assignment of tasks. 2 [ mass noun ] the allocation of someone or something as belonging to a particular group or category: the assignment of individuals to particular social positions. 3 an act of making a legal transfer of a right or liability: an assignment of leasehold property. • a document effecting a legal transfer of a right or liability. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French assignement, from medieval Latin assignamentum, from Latin assignare ‘allot ’ (see assign ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

assignment

assignment noun 1 I'm going to finish this assignment tonight: task, piece of work, job, duty, chore, mission, errand, undertaking, exercise, business, endeavor, enterprise; project, homework. 2 the assignment of tasks: allocation, allotment, issuance, designation; sharing out, apportionment, distribution, handing out, dispensation. 3 the assignment of property: transfer, making over, giving, hand down, consignment; Law conveyance, devise, attornment.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

assignment

assignment noun 1 I'm going to finish this assignment tonight: task, piece of work, piece of business, job, duty, chore, charge, labour, function, commission, mission, errand, engagement, occupation, undertaking, exercise, business, office, responsibility, detail, endeavour, enterprise; piece of research, project, homework, prep. 2 the effective assignment of tasks: allocation, allotment, issuing, issuance, awarding, grant, granting, administration, earmarking, designation, setting aside, budgeting; sharing out, apportionment, distribution, handing out, dealing out, doling out, giving out, dishing out, parcelling out, rationing out, dividing out, dividing up, dispensation, measuring out, meting out; informal divvying up. 3 the assignment of property: transfer, making over, giving, passing on, handing down, conveyance, consignment, alienation; Law demise, devise, attornment.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

assignment

as sign ment /əsáɪnmənt /→assign 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 C (割り当てられた )仕事, 任務 ▸ fly to Moscow on an assignment for the CIA CIAの任務でモスクワに飛ぶ 2 U (仕事などの )割り当て ;【部署などへの 】任命, 配属 «to » .3 C ｟米 ｠宿題 (homework ), 研究課題 ▸ give the class an assignment 生徒に宿題を出す 4 U 〘法 〙(権利 財産などの )譲渡, 委託 .5 U «…への » 帰属 «to » .