initial assignment

collocation in English

meaningsofinitialandassignment

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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assignment
noun
uk
/əˈsaɪn.mənt/us
/əˈsaɪn.mənt/
a piece of work given to someone, typically as part of their studies ...
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(Definition ofinitialandassignmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is not unreasonable to suppose that this substitution process is more difficult when theinitialassignmentwas plausible.
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Each of these cycles, consisting of generating aninitialassignmentand performing a number of moves, is called a try.
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Which of these will happen depends on theinitialassignmentof property rights, but that is of no interest to anybody other than the parties.
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There were no significant differences between dropouts and study completers in theirinitialassignment to waitlist or control conditions, nor in their recovered or unrecovered status following treatment.
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Theinitialassignmentof personnel was four officers and forty-three airmen.
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Theinitialassignmentof property rights determines who builds the fence.
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After the intake process, most inmates go to a parent unit for theirinitialassignment.
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Hisinitialassignmentwas as an instructor.
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The theory focuses on the valid operations on probability values rather than on theinitialassignment of values; the mathematics is largely independent of any interpretation of probability.
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Coase argued that without transaction costs theinitialassignmentof property rights makes no difference to whether or not the farmer and rancher can achieve the economically efficient outcome.
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The initial assignments last for at least 60 days.
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