ETYM Late Lat. assignamentum: cf. Old Fren. assenement.
1. A duty that one is assigned to perform especially in the armed forces; SYN. duty assignment.
2. The act of distributing something to designated places or persons; SYN. assigning.
3. The instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another.
Deed of transfer; act of assigning; commission, especially of a journalist.
ETYM Latin cessio, from cedere to give way: cf. French Cession. Related to Cede.
(Homonym: session).
The act of ceding; SYN. ceding.
Act of ceding, especially rights, property or territory.
1. Vente.
2. Transmission.