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Assignation

Assignation Meaning & Definition
Assignation Definition And Meaning

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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