as·sig·na·tion /ˌæsɪgˈneʃən/
  分配;指定;約會;讓
  As·sig·na·tion n.
  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.
  ◄ ►
  assignation
       n 1: a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn: tryst]
       2: 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" [syn: allotment, apportionment,
           apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling]