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1. A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.

Part of Speech: Noun

1. A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

Part of Speech: verb

1. To transfer or pass over property to another, whether for the benefit of the assignee or of the assignor's creditors, or in furtherance of some trust.

Part of Speech: verb transitive

1. To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

2. To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial.

3. To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.