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English Dictionary: assignation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
assignation n a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn: assignation, tryst] 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(s): allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assignation \As`signa"tion\, n. [L. assignatio, fr. assignare: cf. F. assignation.] 1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment. This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation* of those provinces. --Holland. 2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense. While nymphs take treats, or assignations give. --Pope. 3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment. {House of assignation}, a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled.