meaning of assignation
1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense.
3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.
4. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each
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