assignation

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ASSIGNA'TION, noun 1. An appointment of time and place for meeting; used chiefly of love-meetings. 2. A making over by transfer of title. [See Assignment.] 3. In Russia, a public note or bank bill; paper currency.
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