Assignment

Assignment, assign or The Assignment may refer to:


 * Homework
 * Sex assignment
 * The process of sending National Basketball Association players to its development league; see

Computing

 * Assignment (computer science), a type of modification to a variable
 * Drive letter assignment, the process of assigning alphabetical identifiers to disk drives or partitions
 * ASSIGN (DOS command)

Mathematics

 * Assignment problem, a type of math problem
 * Assignment (mathematical logic)

Financial and legal

 * Assignment (housing law), a concept that allows the transfer of a tenancy from one person to another
 * Assignment (law), a transfer of rights between two parties
 * Along with clearing, a stage in exercising a financial option
 * General assignment or Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors, an alternative to bankruptcy for businesses that's available in British common law and some US states

Entertainment

 * The Assignment (novella), by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
 * The Assignment, a 2016 book by Sophie Labelle
 * The Assignment (1977 film), a Swedish drama film
 * The Assignment (1997 film), a spy action thriller film
 * Assignment (film), a 2015 South African political thriller
 * The Assignment (2016 film), an action crime thriller film
 * "The Assignment" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 * Assignment (TV program), a late night news magazine program
 * The Assignment, a podcast by Audie Cornish