English-Italian translations for assignment

• atto di cessione
• attribuzione
  L' assegnazione, la ripartizione e l' attribuzione delle frequenze, oggi come oggi non sono più questioni tecniche bensì rientrano in un gioco politico. The granting of frequencies, frequency assignment and frequency allocation are no longer just a technical matter, nowadays, but a real political game.
• cessione
• compito
  Il compito delle Nazioni Unite qui è più urgente di quello che hanno in Iraq. The United Nations has a more urgent assignment here than in Iraq.
  Il compito di elaborare la relazione e il titolo della stessa mi sono stati assegnati dalla Conferenza dei presidenti. This assignment with this title was given to me by the Conference of Presidents.
  I governi non raccomandano le persone per un determinato compito, ma per una carica. Governments do not recommend people for a particular assignment, but for an office.
• incarico
  Queste disposizioni si applicano anche nei periodi tra un incarico di lavoro e l'altro. This applies in the times between assignments as well.
  Questo significa che il Consiglio valuterà se sarà opportuno confermare l'incarico o modificarlo. That means that the Council will consider whether it will be appropriate to confirm his assignment or change it.
  Ora l'ex Presidente Nyerere ha accettato un incarico e il Consiglio europeo ha affidato all'ambasciatore Ajello il compito di mediatore. Now ex-President Nyerere has accepted an assignment and the European Council has entrusted Ambassador Ajello with the task of mediating.

Definition of assignment

• The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks
• The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category
• An assigned task
• A position to which someone is assigned
• A task given to students, such as homework or coursework
• A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another
• A document that effects this transfer
• An operation that assigns a value to a variable

Examples

• This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.
• We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.
• The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.
• Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.
• Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish them by Monday.
• The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.
• Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.

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