assign

/əˈsaɪn/
/əˈsaɪn/

noun

  1. An assignee.

  2. A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

  3. An assignment or appointment.

  4. A design or purpose.

verb

  1. To designate or set apart something for some purpose.

    "to assign a day for trial"

  2. To appoint or select someone for some office.

    "to assign counsel for a prisoner"

  3. To allot or give something as a task.

  4. To attribute or sort something into categories.

  5. To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.

  6. To give (a value) to a variable.

    "We assign 100 to x."

Synonyms: allocate, earmark, consign, convey