Appointment

//əˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust

    "His appointment as treasurer was deemed suitable."

  2. 2
    (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed

    "the appointment of treasurer"

  4. 4
    the act of putting a person into a non-elective position wordnet
  5. 5
    Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
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  1. 6
    the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed wordnet
  2. 7
    An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.

    "They made an appointment to meet at six."

  3. 8
    (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) wordnet
  4. 9
    Decree; direction; established order or constitution.

    "to submit to the divine appointments"

  5. 10
    a meeting arranged in advance wordnet
  6. 11
    The exercise of the power of designating (under a power of appointment) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
  7. 12
    a person who is appointed to a job or position wordnet
  8. 13
    The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
  9. 14
    Equipment, furniture. in-plural

    "[…] the house had been inhabited for years by his father, and in many of its appointments was old-fashioned and grim […]"

  10. 15
    An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college. US

    "to have an appointment"

  11. 16
    The allowance paid to a public officer. obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English appoyntement, apoyntement, from Old French appointement, equivalent to appoint + -ment.

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