v. 25B6; verb
a young doctor was assigned the task : ALLOCATE, allot, give, set; charge with, entrust with.
she was assigned to a new post : APPOINT, promote, delegate, commission, post, co-opt; select for, choose for, install in; Military detail.
we assign large sums of money to travel budgets : EARMARK, designate, set aside, reserve, appropriate, allot, allocate, apportion.
he assigned the opinion to the Prince : ASCRIBE, attribute, put down, accredit, credit, chalk up, impute; pin on, lay at the door of.
he may assign the money to a third party : TRANSFER, make over, give, pass, hand over/down, convey, consign; Law attorn, devise.