Frames file for 'assign' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
Verbnet entry 13.3, other framed members include allocate, award,
concede, grant, promise and vote. Comparison to those. No Framenet
entry.
person: third
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
It also owns Moody's Investors Service, which assigns
credit-ratings to bonds and preferred stock; A.C. Nielsen, known
for its data on television-viewing patterns, and Yellow-pages
publisher Donnelley.