An assignment is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies. The assessment for the course involves written assignments and practical tests
The transfer of intellectual property rights from the owner of the rights to another person or organisation
a transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right; the document that effects this transfer
an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors
the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum" a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty" an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
You can refer to someone being given a particular task or job as their assignment to the task or job. An Australian division scheduled for assignment to Greece was ordered to remain in Egypt