Assignments - English meaning

noun

The process or activity of running a business, organization, etc.

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The day-to-day administration of the company

noun

The management or control of an organization

Usage examples:

[ u ] he’s studying business administration., [ c ] the clinton administration has been full of sur…

noun

The activity of managing or dealing with a business activity

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Administration of the scheme is costly in terms of time., she studied business administration at ne…

noun

The state or experience of being alienated.

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A sense of alienation from our environment

noun

The feeling that you have no connection with the people around you or that you are not part of a group

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Depressed people frequently feel a sense of alienation from those around them.

noun

The act of making someone stop supporting and agreeing with you

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This short-sighted alienation of their own supporters may lose them the election.

noun

The action or process of allocating or sharing out something.

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More efficient allocation of resources

noun

The process of giving someone their part of a total amount of something to use in a particular way

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The allocation of resources/funds/time, allocation of the grants was handled by a charity that prov…

noun

The part of a total amount of something that someone is given to use in a particular way

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The university is offering moving allocations to anyone who is being displaced from properties it a…

noun

A plot of land rented by an individual for growing vegetables or flowers.

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Some of them have nice gardens at home for flowers, and want the allotments to grow vegetables.

noun

The process of sharing something, or the amount or share of something that someone or something is given

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The trade body labeled as illegal last year's allotment of $3.2 billion in cotton subsidies., an al…

noun

A small piece of ground in or just outside a town that a person rents for growing vegetables, fruits, or flowers

noun

The action or result of apportioning something.

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The apportionment of blame

noun

The act of sharing something between several people or organizations

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The apportionment of resources within the health service is very complicated.

noun

The act of deciding how responsible each person or organization is for something and therefore how much of the costs they or their insurance company should pay

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The apportionment of blame/liability

verb

Give or order the giving of (something) as an official payment, compensation, or prize to (someone).

Usage examples:

He was awarded the military cross

noun

A prize or other mark of recognition given in honour of an achievement.

Usage examples:

The company's annual award for high-quality service

noun

The act of giving something such as money or a prize following an official decision

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We accept no liability for anything related to the contest and the awarding of prizes., the awardin…

verb

Allow or provide a particular amount of money in a budget.

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The university is budgeting for a deficit

noun

An estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time.

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Keep within the household budget

noun

A quantity of written or printed material.

noun

A person's regular occupation, profession, or trade.

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Experts who typically conduct their business over the internet

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services, or a particular company that does this, or work in general rather than pleasure

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[ c ] he runs a dry cleaning business., [ u ] i’m in baltimore on business., [ u ] our firm does a …

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services

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In business she is an academic, but all her brothers work in business., be in business currently, f…

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

noun

A routine task, especially a household one.

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The early risers were up and about, doing their chores

noun

A job or piece of work that needs to be done regularly

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By the time he’d finished all the household chores it was mid-afternoon., it was a real chore tryin…

noun

A job or piece of work that is often boring or unpleasant but needs to be done regularly

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I'll go shopping when i've done my chores (= done the jobs in or around the house)., i find writing…

noun

An instruction, command, or role given to a person or group.

Usage examples:

One of his first commissions was to redesign the great exhibition building

verb

Order or authorize the production of (something).

Usage examples:

The portrait was commissioned by his widow in 1792

noun

A group of people who have been formally chosen and given the authority to get information about a problem or to perform other special duties

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Congress appointed a commission to study immigration policy., she received a commission to paint th…

noun

A batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone.

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A consignment of drugs

noun

An amount of goods that is sent somewhere

Usage examples:

Consignment of the most recent consignment of cloth was faulty.

noun

If goods are on consignment, the person or company that receives them will only pay for them after they have been sold

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He refuses to ship goods on consignment.

noun

The action or process of transporting or carrying someone or something from one place to another.

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A busy centre for the conveyance of agricultural produce from the billingshurst area

noun

A legal document that states that land or property has passed from one owner to another

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Notaries have the right to prepare wills, conveyances, and other contracts., the expense of the con…

noun

The process of moving something or someone from one place to another

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The conveyance of water

noun

A person's death.

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Mr grisenthwaite's tragic demise

verb

Convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease.

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The manor and the mill were demised for twenty-one-year terms

noun

The end of the operation or existence of something

Usage examples:

Huge corporate farms have led to the demise of many small, family-owned farms.

noun

The action of choosing someone to hold an office or post.

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A leader's designation of his own successor

noun

The act of choosing someone or something for a special job, or stating that something has a particular character or purpose

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[ c ] associate professor is her official designation (= title).

noun

An official title or name

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What's her official designation now she's been promoted?, the area qualifies for designation as a s…

noun

An individual fact or item.

Usage examples:

We shall consider every detail of the bill

verb

Give full information about.

Usage examples:

The report details proposals to improve public transport

noun

A particular fact or item of information, often noticed only after giving something your close attention, or such facts or items considered as a group

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[ c ] we have a report of a serious accident on route 23, but so far no details., [ u ] she showed …

verb

Plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought.

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A training programme should be devised

noun

A clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone.

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The issue, however, is whether the language of the devise of the somerset estate can fairly be inte…

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

noun

The action of sharing something out among a number of recipients.

Usage examples:

The government released about 74,000 tonnes of rice for distribution among people affected by the c…

noun

The act of dividing something among people, or spreading or supplying something

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The bill would prohibit the sale and distribution of firearms., a very substantial upward distribut…

noun

The process of transporting products from a manufacturer, storing them, and selling them to different stores and customers

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Control/handle the distribution we handle the distribution of the product in the us and mexico., in…

noun

A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility.

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It's my duty to uphold the law

noun

A responsibility to do something because it is legally or morally right to do it

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Every lawyer has a strong sense of duty and responsibility., a duty to do sth they have a duty to e…

noun

Something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing to do

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The duty of the agency is to act in the best interests of the child., [ + to infinitive ] i felt it…

verb

Designate (funds or resources) for a particular purpose.

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The cash had been earmarked for a big expansion of the programme

noun

A characteristic or identifying feature.

Usage examples:

This car has all the earmarks of a classic

noun

A congressional directive that funds should be spent on a specific project.

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For example, some members of congress post some earmark requests online.

verb

Try hard to do or achieve something.

Usage examples:

He is endeavouring to help the third world

noun

An attempt to achieve a goal.

Usage examples:

An endeavour to reduce serious injury

verb

To try to do something

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Engineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem., in spite of our best endeavours, i…

noun

A formal agreement to get married.

Usage examples:

She'd broken off her engagement to paul

noun

An arrangement to do something or meet someone at a particular time and place

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We have a dinner engagement thursday., the dance theatre of harlem began a two-week engagement at t…

noun

An arrangement to do something, or to be somewhere

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A speaking/public engagement he is currently out of town on a speaking engagement., a prior/previou…

noun

A short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else's behalf.

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She asked tim to run an errand for her

noun

A short trip you make to do something, such as buying or delivering things in the neighborhood

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He would clean, do errands, and babysit for their 7-year-old daughter., i’ve got to run a few erran…

noun

A task that involves going somewhere either to take a message or to take or collect something

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Do errands i'll meet you at six, i've got some errands to do first., run errands she used to spend …

noun

Activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness.

Usage examples:

Exercise improves your heart and lung power

verb

Use or apply (a faculty, right, or process).

Usage examples:

Control is exercised by the board

noun

Physical activity that you do to make your body strong and healthy

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Form of exercise swimming is my favourite form of exercise., get exercise the doctor recommended th…

noun

An activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing.

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Bridges perform the function of providing access across water

verb

Work or operate in a proper or particular way.

Usage examples:

Her liver is functioning normally

noun

A purpose or duty, or the way something or someone works

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[ u ] the function of the veins is to carry blood to the heart., [ c ] one of your functions as rec…

adjective

Providing love or other emotional support; caring.

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He was very giving and supportive

verb

Freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone).

Usage examples:

She gave him presents and clothes

noun

The act of providing money for something, especially to a charity or other good cause

Usage examples:

Corporate giving has declined markedly since the beginning of the recession., charitable giving can…

verb

Agree to give or allow (something requested) to.

Usage examples:

They were granted a meeting

noun

A sum of money given by a government or other organization for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

A research grant

verb

To give, agree to give, or do something that another person has asked for, esp. as an official or formal act

Usage examples:

She was granted american citizenship., [ + (that) clause ] i grant you (that) it must have been ups…

verb

Agree to give or allow (something requested) to.

Usage examples:

They were granted a meeting

noun

A sum of money given by a government or other organization for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

A research grant

verb

Present participle of grant

Usage examples:

[ + two objects ] they granted her an entry visa., he was granted asylum., formal she granted their…

noun

The action of supplying or distributing something, especially for official purposes.

Usage examples:

Construction cannot be commenced prior to the issuance of a building permit

noun

→  issue noun

Usage examples:

$715,000 was provided from the issuance of common stock., stock/bond issuance the firm plans to rai…

noun

→  issue noun

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$715,000 was provided from the issuance of common stock., stock/bond issuance the firm plans to rai…

verb

Supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.

Usage examples:

Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company

noun

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

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The issue of racism

noun

The action of supplying or distributing an item for use, sale, or official purposes.

Usage examples:

The issue of notes by the bank of england

noun

A paid position of regular employment.

Usage examples:

The scheme could create 200 jobs

verb

Do casual or occasional work.

Usage examples:

He left school and jobbed around as a car parts salesman, warehouseman, and removal man

noun

An act of prodding, thrusting, or wrenching.

noun

Work, especially physical work.

Usage examples:

The price of repairs includes labour, parts, and vat

verb

Work hard; make great effort.

Usage examples:

They laboured from dawn to dusk

noun

Practical work, especially involving physical effort

Usage examples:

The cost will depend on the amount of labour involved., they gave us an estimated price including p…

noun

An important assignment given to a person or group of people, typically involving travel abroad.

Usage examples:

A fact-finding mission to the czech republic

noun

The action of sending someone to a place to do a particular job, esp. one for a government or religious organization, or the job the person has been sent to do

Usage examples:

They were sent on a secret political mission to the middle east., fig. she’s a woman on a mission (…

noun

The result that a company or an organization is trying to achieve through its plans or actions

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Core/main/primary mission the main mission of the home ownership group is to arrange loans for firs…

noun

A job or profession.

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People in professional occupations

adjective

For the sole use of the occupiers of the land concerned.

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An occupation bridge

noun

A room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work.

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An office job

noun

A place in a building where a business is carried on by people working at desks (= special tables) used for writing and for holding telephones and computers

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An office building, i didn’t leave the office until nearly 8 o’clock., the doctor’s office was fill…

noun

A room or building in which people work, especially sitting at desks with computers, phones, etc., as a part of a business or other organization

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The meeting is at their offices in san diego., local/regional/overseas office it would be so much e…

idiom

A very unkind or unpleasant person

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It soon becomes clear that minty is rather a piece of work., he is obviously a nasty piece of work …

noun

The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.

Usage examples:

A true leader takes responsibility for their team and helps them achieve goals

noun

A duty to take care of something

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[ c ] with this promotion, jorge’s responsibilities will be increased., [ u ] parents must assume r…

noun

Something that it is your job or duty to deal with

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Responsibility to do sth as a board member, i have a responsibility to ask questions., responsibili…

noun

A piece of work to be done or undertaken.

Usage examples:

A new manager was given the task of developing the club's talent

verb

Assign a task to.

Usage examples:

Nato troops are tasked with separating the warring parties

verb

Move from one place to another.

Usage examples:

He intends to transfer the fund's assets to the treasury

noun

An act of moving something or someone to another place, organization, team, etc.

Usage examples:

A transfer of wealth to the eu's poorer nations

verb

Move from one place to another

noun

A formal pledge or promise to do something.

Usage examples:

I give an undertaking that we shall proceed with the legislation

noun

The action of catching up with and passing another vehicle while travelling on the inside.

Usage examples:

The highway code discourages undertaking on motorways

verb

Commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility); take on.

Usage examples:

A firm of builders undertook the construction work