• IPA: /æsɪɡˈneɪʃən/

assignation

1. An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.
   • 1717, Alexander Pope, “The Rape of the Lock”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: Printed by W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], OCLC 43265629 ↗, canto III:

     While nymphs take treats, or assignations give.

2. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

   • This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces.

3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.