- Source:
- Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage
- Author(s):
- JeremyButterfieldJeremy Butterfield
The main meaning of assignment is now the originally American English one of a task or piece of work allotted to a person. In law it also denotes a legal transfer of a right or property, or the document that effects the transfer. To refer to the action of assigning something to someone, technically either ... ...
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