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11assign — 1 *allot, allocate, apportion Analogous words: fix, *set, establish, settle: *distribute, deal, dole, dispense 2 refer, *ascribe, attribute, impute, credit, accredit, charge Analogous words: attach, * …
12assign — ► VERB 1) allocate (a task or duty) to someone. 2) give (someone) a job or task. 3) regard (something) as belonging to or being caused by. 4) transfer (legal rights or liabilities). DERIVATIVES assignable adjective assigner (also assignor …
13assign — To make an option seller perform his obligation to assume a short futures position (as a seller of a call option) or a long futures position (as a seller of a put option). Chicago Board of Trade glossary * * * assign as‧sign [əˈsaɪn] verb… …
14assign — assigner; Chiefly Law. assignor /euh suy nawr , as euh nawr /, n. /euh suyn /, v.t. 1. to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel. 2. to give out or announce as a task: to assign homework. 3. to appoint, as to a post or duty: to… …
15assign — [[t]əsa͟ɪn[/t]] assigns, assigning, assigned 1) VERB If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do. [V n to n] When I taught, I would assign a topic to children which they would write about... [V n n] Later in the year,… …
16assign — as|sign [əˈsaın] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: assigner, from Latin assignare, from ad to + signare to mark ] 1.) to give someone a particular job or make them responsible for a particular person or thing assign sb a task/role ▪ I …
17assign — as•sign [[t]əˈsaɪn[/t]] v. t. 1) to give or allocate: to assign rooms at a hotel[/ex] 2) to give out or announce as a task: to assign homework[/ex] 3) to appoint, as to a post or duty 4) to designate; name; specify: to assign a day for a… …
18assign — /əˈsaɪn / (say uh suyn) verb (t) 1. to make over or give, as in distribution; allot: assign rooms at a hotel. 2. to appoint, as to a post or duty: assign to stand guard. 3. Australian History to allocate (a convict) for employment by an officer… …
19assign — v. 1) (A) they assigned a very difficult mission to us; or: they assigned us a very difficult mission 2) (D; tr.) to assign to (headquarters assigned the soldiers to a different unit; an experienced detective was assigned to the case; to assign a …
20assign */*/ — UK [əˈsaɪn] / US verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms assign : present tense I/you/we/they assign he/she/it assigns present participle assigning past tense assigned past participle assigned 1) to give someone a job to do be assigned to… …
