Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Assortment \As*sort"ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. assortiment.]
   1. Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or
      classes.

   2. A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds
      or sorts; a number of things assorted.

   3. A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds
      adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an
      assortment of goods.

Source : WordNet®

assortment
     n 1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a
          great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a
          variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of
          religions" [syn: {mixture}, {mixed bag}, {miscellany}, {miscellanea},
           {variety}, {salmagundi}, {smorgasbord}, {potpourri}, {motley}]
     2: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of
        the same type [syn: {categorization}, {categorisation}, {classification},
         {compartmentalization}, {compartmentalisation}]