- The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment. - An appointment of time and place for meeting or
interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a
bad sense. - A making over by transfer of title; assignment.
Meaning of 'assignation' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . assignation
[ n]
Meaning (1): - the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
Example in sentence:
the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state