v.
   - allocate (a task or duty) to someone. 
▸appoint to a particular task.
 - designate or set aside for a specific purpose. 
▸attribute (something) to a group or person.
 - transfer (legal rights or liabilities).
 
n.
 Law  another term for 
assignee.
 
  Derivative
  
    - assignable adj.
  - assigner 
(also assignor)
 n.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. asigner, assiner, from L. assignare, from ad- ‘to’ + signare ‘to sign’.