Assignable Meaning
/əˈsaɪnəbl̩/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCapable of being assigned (all senses).
adjCapable of being specified or shown.
Sentence Examples
The contract had an assignable clause.
The lease was assignable to a new tenant.
These contracts are not assignable without the prior written consent.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
This contract includes an ____ clause that allows transfer of ownership to another party.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
This specific type of contract is not ____ to any other third party.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English assignable From assign + -able.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"First, we were forced to infer era of service from birthdate, resulting in a relatively small number of respondents assignable to the post-EO era veterans condition."
— 1995, George H. Lawrence, Thomas D. Kane, “Military Service and Racial Attitudes of White Veterans”, in Armed Forces & Society, volume 22, number 2, page 252:
"While, on the one hand, industry is limited by capital, so on the other, every increase of capital gives, or is capable of giving, additional employment to industry ; and this without assignable limit."
— 1848, John Stuart Mill, “Fundamental Propositions Respecting Capital”, in Principles of Political Economy, volume I, New York: D. Appleton and Company, published 1893, book I, page 98:
"Now, certainly, in a general view, the purpose of the Platonic soldier was the same, but with this important difference—that his fighting condition was not needed on one or two days consecutively, but on many days, and not against a day punctually assignable, but against a season or period perhaps of months, quite indeterminate as to its beginning, end, or duration."
— 1853, Thomas De Quincey, “Plato’s Republic”, in Historical and Critical Essays, volume I, Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
This contract includes an ____ clause that allows transfer of ownership to another party.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
This specific type of contract is not ____ to any other third party.