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A task handed to you with a deadline stapled to its forehead.
means A specific job, duty, or piece of work formally given to someone to complete.
from From Latin assignare, to mark out or allot, via Old French assigner — literally to set a sign on something so everyone knows whose problem it now is.
Legal senseAlso means transferring rights or property to another.
School stapleThe word teachers wield like a wand.
Spy talkAn agent on assignment sounds far cooler than homework.