tr.v., -signed, -sign·ing, -signs.

1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection.
2. To select for a duty or office; appoint: firefighters assigned to the city's industrial park.
3. To give out as a task; allot: assigned homework to the class.
4. To ascribe; attribute: sorted the rocks by assigning them to different categories. See synonyms at attribute.
5. Law. To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.
6. To place (a person or a military unit) under a specific command.

n. Law.

An assignee.

[Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre : ad-, ad- + signāre, to mark (from signum, sign).]

assignability as·sign'a·bil'i·ty n.
assignable as·sign'a·ble adj.
assignably as·sign'a·bly adv.
assigner as·sign'er n.

The act of clearing houses and brokerages selecting short option and future contract holders to deliver underlying securities or commodities of maturing or exercised/tendered contracts.

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Not all contracts will typically be exercised or tendered; those that are need to be settled with delivery of the underlying security/commodity. Most often, clearing houses will randomly allocate assigned contracts to brokerages that, in turn, randomly select which of their clients will be assigned.

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Sign a document transferring ownership from one party to another. Ownership can be in a number of forms, including tangible property, rights (usually arising out of contracts), or the right to transfer ownership at some later time. The party who assigns is called the assignor and the party who receives the transfer of title-the assignment-is the assignee.

Stocks and registered bonds can be assigned by completing and signing a form printed on the back of the certificate-or, as is sometimes preferred for safety reasons, by executing a separate form, called an assignment separate from certificate or stock/bond power.

When the Options Clearing Corporation learns of the exercise of an option, it prepares an assignment form notifying a broker-dealer that an option written by one of its clients has been exercised. The firm in turn assigns the exercise in accordance with its internal procedures.

An assignment for the benefit of creditors, sometimes called simply an assignment, is an alternative to bankruptcy, whereby the assets of a company are assigned to the creditors and liquidated for their benefit by a trustee.

To transfer one's property rights or contract rights to another. Contracts commonly assigned includeLeases, Mortgages and Deeds of Trust.
Example: Jones has the right, under a Contract of Sale to conclude the purchase of a house. Jones may assign this right to someone else.

verb

1. To set aside or apart for a specified purpose: allocate, appropriate, designate, earmark. See collect/distribute, money.
2. To set aside or distribute as a share: admeasure, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, give, lot, measure out, mete (out). See collect/distribute.
3. To regard as belonging to or resulting from another: accredit, ascribe, attribute, charge, credit, impute, lay, refer. See give/take/reciprocity.
4. To ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to: affix, blame, fasten, fix, impute, pin on, place. See give/take/reciprocity.
5. To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document: cede, deed, grant, make over, sign over. Law alien, alienate, convey, transfer. See give/take/reciprocity, law.
6. To appoint and send to a particular place: post, set, station. See place.

v

Definition: give
Antonyms: divest, relieve

v

Definition: set apart for a reason
Antonyms: keep

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To transfer to another, as to assign one's right to receive rental income from property to another. To designate for a particular function, as to assign an attorney to defend an indigent in a criminal prosecution. To spe- cify or point out, as to assign errors in a lower court proceeding on a writ of error that is submitted to request a court to reverse the judgment of the lower court.

(DOD, NATO) 1. To place units or personnel in an organization where such placement is relatively permanent, and/or where such organization controls and administers the units or personnel for the primary function, or greater portion of the functions, of the unit or personnel. 2. To detail individuals to specific duties or functions where such duties or functions are primary and/or relatively permanent. See also attach.

IN BRIEF: To set apart; designate.

Henrietta hoped the teacher didn't assign too much homework.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - pålægge, betro, tildele
n. - assignatar, cessionarius

idioms:

• assign to groups    ordne i grupper

Nederlands (Dutch)
aan-/toewijzen, aanstellen (in functie etc.), toeschrijven, opgeven (b.v. huiswerk), toekennen (juridisch), in-/verdelen, overdragen (juridisch), verkrijger (juridisch)

Français (French)
v. tr. - assigner, attribuer, affecter (à un usage), donner (un sens), attacher à, nommer, affecter, désigner à, (Jur) faire cession de, transférer au nom de qn
n. - mission, (École) devoir, (Univ) devoir, dissertation, attribution, allocation, affectation, (Jur) cession, transfert

idioms:

• assign to groups    assigner à des groupes

Deutsch (German)
v. - zuweisen, zuteilen, festsetzen
n. - (Rechtsw.) Rechtsnachfolger

idioms:

• assign to groups    in Gruppen einordnen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραχωρώ, εκχωρώ, προσδιορίζω, καθορίζω, αναθέτω

idioms:

• assign to groups    κατατάσσω σε ομάδες

Italiano (Italian)
assegnare

idioms:

• assign to groups    raggruppare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - fixar, determinar, ordenar, atribuir, ceder direitos (Jur.)

idioms:

• assign to groups    atribuir a grupos

Русский (Russian)
назначать, определять, поручать, давать задание

idioms:

• assign to groups    распределить по группам

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - asignar, adjudicar, conceder, otorgar
n. - otorgamiento, adjudicación , concesión

idioms:

• assign to groups    agrupar, encasillar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tilldela, anvisa, överlåta

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
分派, 分配, 让渡, 选派, 指定, 派定, 把...归于, 受让人

idioms:

• assign to groups    分配到程序组, 分组

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 分派, 分配, 讓渡, 選派, 指定, 派定, 把...歸於
n. - 受讓人

idioms:

• assign to groups    分配到程式組, 分組

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 할당하다, 임명하다, 을 위탁하다
n. - 양수인, 수탁인

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 割り当てる, 任命する, 挙げる, 製作時期を…だとする, 譲渡する, 帰する
n. - 譲り受け人

idioms:

• assign to groups    配属する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتخلى عن شي بطريقه شرعيه, يعين في منصب, يختار لمهمه, يحدد موعدا, ينسب, يخصص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקצה, מינה, קבע, נתן, המחה, העביר (רכוש), ייחס‬
n. - ‮האדם אליו מועברים כחוק הנכסים או הזכויות‬

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