[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

assortment \assort"ment\ -ment, n. cf. f. assortiment.
   1. act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or
      classes.
      1913 webster

   2. a collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds
      or sorts; a number of things assorted.
      1913 webster

   3. a collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds
      adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an
      assortment of goods.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
mixture mixed bag miscellany miscellanea variety salmagundi 
smorgasbord potpourri motley categorization categorisation 
classification compartmentalization compartmentalisation 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

83 moby thesaurus words for "assortment":
   agglomeration, all sorts, allay, alleviate, appease, array,
   assemblage, assuage, batch, broad spectrum, calm, categorization,
   category, class, classification, collectanea, collection,
   conciliate, conglomerate, conglomeration, culling, ease, farrago,
   gallimaufry, gradation, group, grouping, hash, hodgepodge,
   hotchpot, hotchpotch, jumble, lighten, lot, magpie, mash, medley,
   melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash,
   mitigate, mix, mixed bag, mixture, mollify, oddments,
   odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio,
   pastiche, patchwork, placate, placement, potpourri, propitiate,
   ranking, relax, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, screening,
   selection, set, sifting, slack, slacken, soothe, sorting,
   sorting out, stew, subordination, sundries, sweeten, taxonomy,
   triage, variety, what you will

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