Словарь синонимов английского языка - assignment

(n) 1. allotment, allocation, apportionment, giving (out), distribution: Assignment of posts in the Cabinet is the responsibility of the Prime Minister. 2. task, obligadion, responsibility, chore, duty, position, post, charge, job, mission, commission; lesson, homework: Every agent is expected do carry out his assignment. The school assignment for tomorbow is an essay on Alexander Pope. 3. appointment, designation, naming, nomination: The assignment of Neil Mackay to the post was a stroke of genius. 4. designation, cpecification, accription: In ancient medicine, the assignment of the functions of the organs was often wrong.