Assignable

Definition: Assignable

Assignable

Adjective

1. Legally transferable to the ownership of another; "negotiable bonds".

Date "assignable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonyms: Assignable

Synonyms: conveyable (adj), negotiable (adj), transferable (adj), transferrable (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Assignable

English words defined with "assignable": Assignability. (references)

Specialty definitions using "assignable": coincidence circuit ♦ Expenditures. (references)

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Use in Literature: Assignable

Title	Author	Quote
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	The sentiment is probably assignable to the deep and aged roots which my family has struck into the soil.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Assignable

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Italy	They are assignable and transferable. (references)
	Colombia	Capital must be fully paid in at the time of incorporation and must be divided into equal quotas or value units, assignable on terms specified in the bylaws and in legislation. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Assignable

"Assignable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Assignable" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	18	82,615

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Assignable

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "assignable": non-assignable.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Assignable

Language		Translations for "assignable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		transférable, cessible. (various references)

German		bestimmbar (allocatable, decidable, definable, determinable), abtretbar (cedable, transferable), übertragbar (applicable, communicable, conferrable, contagious, infectious, negotiable, transferable, transferably, translatable, transmittable). (various references)

Greek		εκχώρητοσ, αποδοτέοσ (attributable, imrutable, referable, referrable, renderable). (various references)

Manx		yn-churrit sheese da, livreyagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		assignableay

Russian		назначаемый. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prenosiv (negotiable, portable, transferable, transmissible, transportable), dodeljiv. (various references)

Spanish		asignable, definible (definable, determinable). (various references)

Swedish		hänförlig, hänförbar. (various references)

Turkish		atfedilebilir (referable), yüklenebilir (ascribable, attributable, due to, imputable), verilebilir (attributable, deliverable), devredilebilir (alienable, negotiable). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Assignable

Misspellings
	"Assignable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Massengale. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Assignable"

Words rhyming with "assignable" (pronounced 'As*sign"a*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Assignable

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-g-i-l-n-s-s"
	-2 letters: bisnagas, blessing, gainable, gainless, glassine, glibness, lasagnes, leasings, lesbians, nasalise, singable.
	-3 letters: abasing, abelian, abelias, ablings, abseils, agnails, aliases, anlages, anlases, assegai, bagasse, balases, bangles, basinal, bigness, bisnaga, galenas, glassie, lasagne, leasing, lesbian, ligases, linages, sabeing, sabines, salinas, salines, seabags, sealing, signals, silages, silanes, singles.
	-4 letters: abases, abelia, ablins, abseil, agnail, aisles, algins.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-g-i-l-n-s-s"
	+4 letters: embarrassingly, imaginableness.
	+5 letters: assignabilities.
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