assignation – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
assignation
n.
transfer of property; distribution; lover's meeting
Assignment (law)
An
assignment (Latin
cessio) is a term used with similar meanings in the
law of
contracts and in the law of
real estate. In both instances, it encompasses the transfer of rights held by one party—the
assignor—to another party—the
assignee. The details of the assignment determines some additional rights and liabilities (or duties).
assignation
Noun
1. a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
(synonym) tryst
(hypernym) rendezvous
2. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
(synonym) allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling
(hypernym) distribution
(hyponym) grant, subsidization, subsidisation
(derivation) assign, allot, portion
assignation
nf.
assignation, summons; subpoena
Assignation
(n.)
The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
(n.)
An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense.
(n.)
A making over by transfer of title; assignment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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