n. The act of apportioning or allotting; allotment.n. The act of setting apart, appointing, designating, or specifying.n. That which has been assigned, as a particular task or duty.n. Specifically, in law: The transference of a right or an interest. See assign, v., 6n. . A pointing out or setting forth: as, the assignment of error.n. The writing by which an interest is transferred.n. An allotment, allowance, or pension; a sum allowed.n. Formerly, in Australia, the allotting of convicts as unpaid servants to colonists, in order to relieve the authorities of the expense of the convict establishments.