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Assignment

v.

allocate

Meaning: to distribute, set aside

Usage: The Mayor allocated 30 percent of the funds for improving the town’s schools.

v.

dispatch

Meaning: to send off to accomplish a duty

Usage: The carpenter dispatched his assistant to fetch wood.

v.

relegate

Meaning: to assign to the proper place 2. to assign to an inferior place

Usage: After spilling a drink on a customer’s shirt, the waiter found himself relegated to the least lucrative shift.