assignability

as·sign

 (ə-sīn′)

tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs

1. To select for a duty or office; appoint: firefighters assigned to the city's industrial park. See Synonyms at appoint.

2. To set apart for a particular purpose or place in a particular category; designate: assigned the new species to an existing genus. See Synonyms at allocate.

3. To give out as a task; allot: assigned homework to the class.

4. To ascribe; attribute: assigned blame for the loss to a lack of good defense. See Synonyms at attribute.

5. To match or pair with: assign a value to each of the variables.

6. Law To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.

n. Law

An assignee.

---

[Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre : ad-, ad- + signāre, to mark (from signum, sign; see sek^w- in Indo-European roots).]

---

as·sign′a·bil′i·ty n.

as·sign′a·ble adj.

as·sign′a·bly adv.

as·sign′er n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.