assignationn.

/asɪɡˈneɪʃən/

Etymology: < Old French assignacion (14th cent. in Littré), < Latin assignātiōnem , noun of action < assignāre : see assign v. and -ation suffix.

1. The action of allotting; apportionment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting

signmentc1425

lotting1449

assignmenta1464

repartition1555

enterpartening1556

allotment?1571

assigning1580

stalment1581

assignation1600

applotment1633

applotting1642

allocation1721

cavelling1805

committal1832

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvi. 919 As touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces.

1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. ii. §13 Since Gods assignation has thus determined subjection to be the womens lot.

a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xiv. 132 Not a Matter of Choice, but of divine Assignation.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 73 To hold out visions of assignations of public land..to the multitudes.

2. The action of legally transferring a right or property (see assign v. 2); formal transference. Also: (a) formal declaration of transference; (b) the transferred interest. (Now usually assignment n.)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > [noun]

release1344

alienationc1425

conveying1483

transportc1485

state making1487

conveyance1523

designation1573

transferring1573

assignation1579

dispose1591

assignment1592

convey1592

disposing1638

disposurea1649

attornment1650

abalienation1656

transfer1674

disposal1697

conveyancing1714

transference1766

disposition1861

society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > formal declaration of transference

assignation1579

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iv. 228 And sent them foorthwith the assignation of the Castle.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Aa4^v Alexander made..a liberall assignation to Aristotle of treasure.

1621 R. Johnson Way to Glory 29 Hee had but the assignation and lease of tythes.

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iii. v. 324 All moveable rights, are transmissible by simple assignation.

1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. Assignation is when simply any thing is ceded, yielded and assigned to another.

†3. The setting apart of certain revenue to meet a claim. Also: (a) the mandate granting the money; (b) the amount thus set apart, a pension, allowance.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > to meet a claim

assignation1489

1489 Acts Jas. IV xxiv Quhatsumeuer assignatioun or gift be made thairupon under the preiue seill.

a1626 F. Bacon Treason Dr. R. Lopez (1657) 154 He had obtained..an Assignation of 50000 Crowns, to be levied, in Portugall.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 343 They settled an Assignation of six thousand Livers by the Month upon the King, payable out of such a Gabel.

1747 Gentleman's Mag. 13 The payment of the assignations of the purveyors..of the army.

4. Paper currency; a negotiable document representing and secured by revenue or property; a bill, an assignat.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > a promissory note or bill of exchange

exchange1485

bill1579

bill1613

hundi1619

assignment1622

cambio1645

note1653

order1673

bank bill1682

banknote1695

assignation1704

promissory note1710

note of hand1728

stiff1823

time bill1842

PO1861

marker1887

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > other promissory notes or bills

warrant1433

assignmentc1460

policy1623

navy bill1679

redraft1682

tally of pro1691

bank bill1694

bank seal bill1696

chequer-bill1697

assignation1704

chequer-note1705

mint bill1707

transport debenture1707

transport-bill1710

loan-bill1722

treasury note1756

tin bill1778

treasury-bill1798

rescription1800

short bill1808

treasury-warrant1834

sight bill1853

short-paper1912

treasuries1922

T.B.1936

T.D.R.1948

T-Bill1982

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xvi. 601 The custom of that Country, [Holland]..being to make their payments in Paper by Assignations.

1747 Gentleman's Mag. 13 It is not possible it should be satisified by paper or any assignation.

†5. Appointment or designation to office. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1432 Paston Lett. I. 32 The namyng, ordeignance and assignacion beforesaid.

1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 111 If they be called by Christ, read their assignation from Christ.

1656 J. Bramhall Replic. to Bishop of Chalcedon v. 202 Their successors have assignation to particular charges.

†6. Authoritative appointment, prescription, order. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment

besight1258

ordainmenta1325

constitution1393

assignationa1400

signmentc1425

appointmentc1440

steveningc1440

pointingc1449

ordinationc1450

instituting1534

prescription1542

prescribement1563

assignment1597

nomination1597

designation1609

consignation1650

reassignment1650

reassignation1655

consignmenta1668

appunctuation1768

destination1868

allocation1876

a1400 Cov. Myst. 93 Be [= by] prayour grett knowleche men recure And to this I counselle ȝou to ȝeve assygnacion.

1520 Chron. Eng. iv. f. 37^v/1 Seynt Laurence at the assygnacion of his mayster the pope departed this tresour about Rome.

1544 J. Bale Brefe Chron. Syr J. Oldcastell in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 276 Temporall payne, which I am worthy to suffer as an heretike, at the assignacion of my most excellent chrysten Prince.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I3^v Making assignation..for reedifying of Cities.

a. The appointment of a particular time or place; esp. the arrangement of the time and place for an interview; an appointment, tryst.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > arrangement for a meeting

tryst1487

trysting1633

assignation1660

assignment1670

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. ii. vi. §51 This assignation of a definite time.

1680 J. Crowne Misery Civil-war ii. 16 'Twou'd have spoil'd An assignation that I have to night.

1855 J. S. C. Abbott Hist. Napoleon II. xii. 197 Compelled to make assignations with as much secrecy as two young lovers.

b. A summons to appear in court. (French.)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > summons

citationc1325

summonancec1410

process1423

summons1429

summonitionc1455

venire facias1463

letters citatory1465

summonda1500

interpellation1579

butterfly1583

exploit1622

monition1649

cital1760

venire1763

exaction1816

assignation1884

blister1903

bluey1909

blue1939

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 Mar. 3/1 And have served assignations upon..the Comtes de Paris and de Bardi.

8. The action of attributing as belonging to or originating in; attribution of origin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > [noun] > assignment of anything to its origin

assignation1603

ascriptiona1620

entitlinga1662

affiliation1855

1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xxi. 477 He concludeth against the assignation of phlegme to the Moone.

1782 T. Warton Enq. Poems Rowley 68 I am happy to find this assignation of Stonehenge..ascertained by so authentic an historian as Turgott!

1865 T. Wright in Athenæum No. 1979. 441/3 The true assignation of the bronze weapons.

†9. A pointing out, indication, assignment (of a cause, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > [noun]

aetiologya1555

tell-cause1589

assignation1615

assignment1651

attributiona1665

ascribing1833

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 178 His Assignation of the vse of the Bladder of Gall.

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 511 A very ingenious assignation of the cause of that variety.

10. attributive (sense 7), assignation house (U.S.), a brothel.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel

houseOE

bordelc1300

whorehousec1330

stew1362

bordel housec1384

stewc1384

stivec1386

stew-house1436

bordelryc1450

brothel house1486

shop?1515

bains1541

common house1545

bawdy-house1552

hothouse1556

bordello1581

brothela1591

trugging house1591

trugging place1591

nunnery1593

vaulting-house1596

leaping house1598

Pickt-hatch1598

garden house1606

vaulting-school1606

flesh-shambles1608

whore-sty1621

bagnioa1640

public house1640

harlot-house1641

warrena1649

academy1650

call house1680

coney burrow1691

case1699

nanny-house1699

house of ill reputea1726

smuggling-ken1725

kip1766

Corinth1785

disorderly house1809

flash-house1816

dress house1823

nanny-shop1825

house of tolerance1842

whore shop1843

drum1846

introducing house1846

khazi1846

fast house1848

harlotry1849

maison de tolérance1852

knocking-shop1860

lupanar1864

assignation house1870

parlour house1871

hook shop1889

sporting house1894

meat house1896

massage parlour1906

case house1912

massage establishment1921

moll-shop1923

camp1925

notch house1926

creep joint1928

slaughterhouse1928

maison de convenance1930

cat-house1931

Bovril1936

maison close1939

joy-house1940

rib joint1940

gaff1947

maison de passe1960

rap parlour1973

1870 O. Logan Before Footlights 538 Denounced the National theatre as the vilest of ‘assignation houses’.

1943 R. Ottley New World A-Coming 28 Don't come..bothering me with any more protests about assignation houses until you can bring concrete evidence of such houses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	assignation
释义	assignationn. /asɪɡˈneɪʃən/ Etymology: < Old French assignacion (14th cent. in Littré), < Latin assignātiōnem , noun of action < assignāre : see assign v. and -ation suffix. 1. The action of allotting; apportionment. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting signmentc1425 lotting1449 assignmenta1464 repartition1555 enterpartening1556 allotment?1571 assigning1580 stalment1581 assignation1600 applotment1633 applotting1642 allocation1721 cavelling1805 committal1832 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvi. 919 As touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. ii. §13 Since Gods assignation has thus determined subjection to be the womens lot. a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xiv. 132 Not a Matter of Choice, but of divine Assignation. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 73 To hold out visions of assignations of public land..to the multitudes. 2. The action of legally transferring a right or property (see assign v. 2); formal transference. Also: (a) formal declaration of transference; (b) the transferred interest. (Now usually assignment n.) ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > [noun] release1344 alienationc1425 conveying1483 transportc1485 state making1487 conveyance1523 designation1573 transferring1573 assignation1579 dispose1591 assignment1592 convey1592 disposing1638 disposurea1649 attornment1650 abalienation1656 transfer1674 disposal1697 conveyancing1714 transference1766 disposition1861 society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > formal declaration of transference assignation1579 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iv. 228 And sent them foorthwith the assignation of the Castle. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Aa4^v Alexander made..a liberall assignation to Aristotle of treasure. View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Johnson Way to Glory 29 Hee had but the assignation and lease of tythes. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iii. v. 324 All moveable rights, are transmissible by simple assignation. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. Assignation is when simply any thing is ceded, yielded and assigned to another. †3. The setting apart of certain revenue to meet a claim. Also: (a) the mandate granting the money; (b) the amount thus set apart, a pension, allowance. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > to meet a claim assignation1489 1489 Acts Jas. IV xxiv Quhatsumeuer assignatioun or gift be made thairupon under the preiue seill. a1626 F. Bacon Treason Dr. R. Lopez (1657) 154 He had obtained..an Assignation of 50000 Crowns, to be levied, in Portugall. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 343 They settled an Assignation of six thousand Livers by the Month upon the King, payable out of such a Gabel. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. 13 The payment of the assignations of the purveyors..of the army. 4. Paper currency; a negotiable document representing and secured by revenue or property; a bill, an assignat. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > a promissory note or bill of exchange exchange1485 bill1579 bill1613 hundi1619 assignment1622 cambio1645 note1653 order1673 bank bill1682 banknote1695 assignation1704 promissory note1710 note of hand1728 stiff1823 time bill1842 PO1861 marker1887 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > other promissory notes or bills warrant1433 assignmentc1460 policy1623 navy bill1679 redraft1682 tally of pro1691 bank bill1694 bank seal bill1696 chequer-bill1697 assignation1704 chequer-note1705 mint bill1707 transport debenture1707 transport-bill1710 loan-bill1722 treasury note1756 tin bill1778 treasury-bill1798 rescription1800 short bill1808 treasury-warrant1834 sight bill1853 short-paper1912 treasuries1922 T.B.1936 T.D.R.1948 T-Bill1982 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xvi. 601 The custom of that Country, [Holland]..being to make their payments in Paper by Assignations. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. 13 It is not possible it should be satisified by paper or any assignation. †5. Appointment or designation to office. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1432 Paston Lett. I. 32 The namyng, ordeignance and assignacion beforesaid. 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 111 If they be called by Christ, read their assignation from Christ. 1656 J. Bramhall Replic. to Bishop of Chalcedon v. 202 Their successors have assignation to particular charges. †6. Authoritative appointment, prescription, order. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment besight1258 ordainmenta1325 constitution1393 assignationa1400 signmentc1425 appointmentc1440 steveningc1440 pointingc1449 ordinationc1450 instituting1534 prescription1542 prescribement1563 assignment1597 nomination1597 designation1609 consignation1650 reassignment1650 reassignation1655 consignmenta1668 appunctuation1768 destination1868 allocation1876 a1400 Cov. Myst. 93 Be [= by] prayour grett knowleche men recure And to this I counselle ȝou to ȝeve assygnacion. 1520 Chron. Eng. iv. f. 37^v/1 Seynt Laurence at the assygnacion of his mayster the pope departed this tresour about Rome. 1544 J. Bale Brefe Chron. Syr J. Oldcastell in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 276 Temporall payne, which I am worthy to suffer as an heretike, at the assignacion of my most excellent chrysten Prince. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I3^v Making assignation..for reedifying of Cities. View more context for this quotation 7. a. The appointment of a particular time or place; esp. the arrangement of the time and place for an interview; an appointment, tryst. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > arrangement for a meeting tryst1487 trysting1633 assignation1660 assignment1670 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. ii. vi. §51 This assignation of a definite time. 1680 J. Crowne Misery Civil-war ii. 16 'Twou'd have spoil'd An assignation that I have to night. 1855 J. S. C. Abbott Hist. Napoleon II. xii. 197 Compelled to make assignations with as much secrecy as two young lovers. b. A summons to appear in court. (French.) ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > summons citationc1325 summonancec1410 process1423 summons1429 summonitionc1455 venire facias1463 letters citatory1465 summonda1500 interpellation1579 butterfly1583 exploit1622 monition1649 cital1760 venire1763 exaction1816 assignation1884 blister1903 bluey1909 blue1939 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 Mar. 3/1 And have served assignations upon..the Comtes de Paris and de Bardi. 8. The action of attributing as belonging to or originating in; attribution of origin. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > [noun] > assignment of anything to its origin assignation1603 ascriptiona1620 entitlinga1662 affiliation1855 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xxi. 477 He concludeth against the assignation of phlegme to the Moone. 1782 T. Warton Enq. Poems Rowley 68 I am happy to find this assignation of Stonehenge..ascertained by so authentic an historian as Turgott! 1865 T. Wright in Athenæum No. 1979. 441/3 The true assignation of the bronze weapons. †9. A pointing out, indication, assignment (of a cause, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > [noun] aetiologya1555 tell-cause1589 assignation1615 assignment1651 attributiona1665 ascribing1833 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 178 His Assignation of the vse of the Bladder of Gall. 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 511 A very ingenious assignation of the cause of that variety. 10. attributive (sense 7), assignation house (U.S.), a brothel. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel houseOE bordelc1300 whorehousec1330 stew1362 bordel housec1384 stewc1384 stivec1386 stew-house1436 bordelryc1450 brothel house1486 shop?1515 bains1541 common house1545 bawdy-house1552 hothouse1556 bordello1581 brothela1591 trugging house1591 trugging place1591 nunnery1593 vaulting-house1596 leaping house1598 Pickt-hatch1598 garden house1606 vaulting-school1606 flesh-shambles1608 whore-sty1621 bagnioa1640 public house1640 harlot-house1641 warrena1649 academy1650 call house1680 coney burrow1691 case1699 nanny-house1699 house of ill reputea1726 smuggling-ken1725 kip1766 Corinth1785 disorderly house1809 flash-house1816 dress house1823 nanny-shop1825 house of tolerance1842 whore shop1843 drum1846 introducing house1846 khazi1846 fast house1848 harlotry1849 maison de tolérance1852 knocking-shop1860 lupanar1864 assignation house1870 parlour house1871 hook shop1889 sporting house1894 meat house1896 massage parlour1906 case house1912 massage establishment1921 moll-shop1923 camp1925 notch house1926 creep joint1928 slaughterhouse1928 maison de convenance1930 cat-house1931 Bovril1936 maison close1939 joy-house1940 rib joint1940 gaff1947 maison de passe1960 rap parlour1973 1870 O. Logan Before Footlights 538 Denounced the National theatre as the vilest of ‘assignation houses’. 1943 R. Ottley New World A-Coming 28 Don't come..bothering me with any more protests about assignation houses until you can bring concrete evidence of such houses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400
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