Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Assignation \As`sig*na"tion\, n. [L. assignatio, fr. assignare:
   cf. F. assignation.]
   1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

            This order being taken in the senate, as touching
            the appointment and assignation of those provinces.
                                                  --Holland.

   2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview;
      -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a
      bad sense.

            While nymphs take treats, or assignations give.
                                                  --Pope.

   3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.

   {House of assignation}, a house in which appointments for
      sexual intercourse are fulfilled.

Source : WordNet®

assignation
     n 1: a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn: {tryst}]
     2: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;
        distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of
        seats in the House of Representatives is based on the
        relative population of each state" [syn: {allotment}, {apportionment},
         {apportioning}, {allocation}, {parceling}, {parcelling}]