The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

The noun "assignment" refers to the categorization of something or someone into a specific category, particularly in terms of gender identification in the lgbt community.

An assigned task.

A position to which someone is assigned.

(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.

(law) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

(law) A document that effects this transfer.

(programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.