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to give or allocate; allot:
to -ssign rooms at a hotel.
to give out or announce as a task:
to -ssign homework.
to appoint, as to a post or duty:
to -ssign one to guard duty.
to designate; name; specify:
to -ssign a day for a meeting.
to ascribe; attribute; bring forward:
to -ssign a cause.
law. to transfer:
to -ssign a contract.
military. to place permanently on duty with a unit or under a commander.
law. to transfer property, especially in trust or for the benefit of creditors.
usually, -ssigns. law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; :
my heirs and -ssigns.
historical examples

where is the justice of doing more for the -ssignee than he or his -ssignor expected could or would be done?
abridgment of the debates of congress, from 1789 to 1856, vol. i (of 16) thomas hart benton

the -ssignor of a contract can transfer only such property rights as he possesses.
cyclopedia of commerce, accountancy, business administration, v. 3 various

in other words, in case of an -ssignment, all defenses that were good against the -ssignor are good against the -ssignee.
cyclopedia of commerce, accountancy, business administration, v. 3 various

there are now but two men in court who saw the paper executed, namely, the -ssignor and the -ssignee.
sevenoaks j. g. holland

-ssuming that the claim is not represented by negotiable paper, the legal owner of the claim is still the -ssignor.
commercial law samuel williston, richard d. currier, and richard w. hill

-ssignor—the debtor who makes an -ssignment, or transfers property for the benefit of creditors.
cyclopedia of commerce, accountancy, business administration, v. 4 various

an -ssignee may make the entry on the register himself without the concurrence or consent of his -ssignor.
a treatise upon the law of copyright in the united kingdom and the dominions of the crown, e. j. macgillivray

an -ssignee is not bound by a licence granted by the -ssignor before the -ssignment, unless he has notice of it.
a treatise upon the law of copyright in the united kingdom and the dominions of the crown, e. j. macgillivray

the preposterous nature of the cause -ssigned casts suspicion upon the -ssignor himself.
the judicial murder of mary e. surratt david miller dewitt

or where is the justice of doing more for the -ssignee than he, or his -ssignor, expected could or would be done?
abridgment of the debates of congress, from 1789 to 1856, vol. i (of 16) thomas hart benton

noun
(law) a person who transfers or -ssigns property
verb (mainly transitive)
to select for and appoint to a post, etc: to -ssign an expert to the job
to give out or allot (a task, problem, etc): to -ssign advertising to an expert
to set apart (a place, person, time, etc) for a particular function or event: to -ssign a day for the meeting
to attribute to a specified cause, origin, or source; ascribe: to -ssign a stone cross to the vikings
to transfer (one’s right, interest, or t-tle to property) to someone else
(also intransitive) (law) (formerly) to transfer (property) to trustees so that it may be used for the benefit of creditors
(military) to allocate (men or materials) on a permanent basis compare attach (sense 6)
(computing) to place (a value corresponding to a variable) in a memory location
noun
(law) a person to whom property is -ssigned; -ssignee
v.

c.1300, from old french -ssiginer (13c.) “-ssign, set (a date, etc.); appoint legally; allot,” from latin -ssignare “to mark out, to allot by sign, -ssign, award,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + signare “make a sign,” from signum “mark” (see sign). main original use was in english law, in transferences of personal property. general meaning “to fix, settle, determine, appoint” is from c.1300. related: -ssigned; -ssigning.