assignation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
    tryst.
  2. noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
    allocation; parceling; apportionment; apportioning; allotment; parcelling.
    • the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state

WordNet

As`sig*na"tion noun
Etymology
L. assignatio, fr. assignare: cf. F. assignation.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913