assign

fe’l verb

1. To designate or set apart something for some purpose. to assign a day for trial
2. To appoint or select someone for some office. to assign counsel for a prisoner
3. To give (a value) to a variable. We assign 100 to x.
4. To allot or give something as a task.

ot noun

1. An assignee.
2. A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
3. An assignment or appointment.
4. A design or purpose.