assign
verb
[ əˈsʌɪn ]
• allocate (a job or duty).
• "Congress had assigned the task to the agency"
• designate or set (something) aside for a specific purpose.
• "managers happily assign large sums of money to travel budgets"
Similar:
earmark,
appropriate,
designate,
set aside,
set apart,
keep,
reserve,
allot,
allocate,
apportion,
fix,
appoint,
decide on,
determine,
specify,
stipulate,
hypothecate,
• transfer (legal rights or liabilities).
• "they will ask you to assign your rights against the airline"
Similar:
transfer,
make over,
give,
pass,
hand over,
hand down,
convey,
consign,
alienate,
demise,
devise,
attorn,
assign
noun
• another term for assignee (sense 1).
• "this agreement shall be binding upon the parties and their successors and assigns"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French asigner, assiner, from Latin assignare, from ad- ‘to’ + signare ‘to sign’.
