Assignment
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the act of assigning, or an assigned task a position to which someone is assigned a task given to students, homework or coursework a transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right; the document that effects this transfer an operation that assigns a value to a variable
Example sentence: I think it goes back to my high school days. In computer class, the first assignment was to write a program to print the first 100 Fibonacci numbers. Instead, I wrote a program that would steal passwords of students. My teacher gave me an A.
Grant
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.The yielding or admission of something in dispute.The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.To assent; to consent.
Example sentence: It was the wont of the immortal gods sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men whose crimes they were minded to punish in order that a complete reverse of fortune might make them suffer more bitterly.