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An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

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Narrower term 14

Allocation 76% connected

The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.

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Apanage 76% connected

Same as Appanage.

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Appanage 76% connected

The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Commission 76% connected

The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

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Delegacy 76% connected

The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power.

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Fatigue 76% connected

Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

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Guard 76% connected

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…

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Mission 76% connected

The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission.

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Nomination 76% connected

The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.

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Ordinance 76% connected

Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision.

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Ordination 76% connected

The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.

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Reassignment 76% connected

The act of reassigning.

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Recognition 76% connected

The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

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Broader term 11

Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Decision 76% connected

Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.

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Determination 76% connected

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

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Distribution 76% connected

The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate am…

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Duty 76% connected

That which is due; payment.

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Instrument 76% connected

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

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Labor 76% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 76% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Project 76% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Task 76% connected

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

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Undertaking 76% connected

of Undertake

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Assign 74% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Assign 74% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Delegate 74% connected

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

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Delegate 74% connected

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

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Synonym 5

Appointment 92% connected

The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

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Assigning 92% connected

of Assign

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Designation 92% connected

The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grant 92% connected

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Naming 92% connected

of Name

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