About The Word Assignation
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Assignation
Assignation Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Assignation?
[n] the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
[n] a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) Synonyms | Synonyms for Assignation: allocation | allotment | apportioning | apportionment | parceling | parcelling | tryst Related Terms | Find terms related to Assignation: abalienation | accounting for | agreement | alienation | amortization | amortizement | answerability | application | appointment | arrangement | arrogation | ascription | assemblee | assembly | assignation house | assignment | at home | attachment | attribution | ball | bargain and sale | barter | bequeathal | blame | brawl | caucus | cession | charge | colloquium | commission | committee | conclave | concourse | conferment | conferral | congregation | congress | connection with | consignation | consignment | conventicle | convention | conveyance | conveyancing | convocation | council | credit | dance | date | deeding | deliverance | delivery | demise | derivation from | diet | disposal | disposition | eisteddfod | enfeoffment | etiology | exchange | festivity | fete | forgathering | forum | gathering | get-together | giving | honor | housewarming | imputation | lease and release | levee | love nest | meet | meeting | meeting place | palaetiology | panel | party | place of assignation | placement | plenum | prom | quorum | rally | reception | reference to | rendezvous | responsibility | saddling | sale | seance | session | settlement | settling | shindig | sit-in | sitting | soiree | surrender | symposium | synod | trading | transfer | transference | transmission | transmittal | tryst | turnout | understanding | vesting See Also | deal | distribution | grant | parcel | portion | rationing | reallocation | reallotment | reapportionment | rendezvous | share | subsidisation | subsidization Assignation In Webster's Dictionary \As`sig*na"tion\, n. [L. assignatio, fr. assignare:
cf. F. assignation.]
1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
This order being taken in the senate, as touching
the appointment and assignation of those provinces.
--Holland.
2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview;
-- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a
bad sense.
While nymphs take treats, or assignations give.
--Pope.
3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.
{House of assignation}, a house in which appointments for
sexual intercourse are fulfilled.
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