appointment
IPA: ʌpˈɔɪntmʌnt
noun
- The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust
- The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed
- Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
- An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.
- (religion) Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
- (law) 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.
- (government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
- (in the plural) Equipment, furniture.
- (US) An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.
- (obsolete) The allowance paid to a public officer.
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Examples of "appointment" in Sentences
- Another aspect of his appointment is his authority to steer the ship.
- Tom Rosenstiel, Rick Kaplan tried to create what he called appointment viewing.
- This will help us to determine which kind of appointment is most appropriate for your child's developmental needs.
- If your appointment is at the Wood Building, please park in the Wood Center Garage located off of Civic Center Boulevard.
- If your appointment is at the Main Building, please park in the Wood Center Garage located off of Civic Center Boulevard.
- That her appointment is an act of cronyism is without a doubt, but if that's the price of admission to another Souter or moderate justice, I'm willing to pay it.
- MR. MCCURRY: Yes, the individual was scanning in what we call our appointment computer, the WAVES computer, a long series of names and saw a series of names that he thought ought to have some foreign escort and so designated on the entry log.
- In addition, another member of the group, Charles Worthington, recently returned to the firm after a term appointment to the Federal Communications Commission, where he worked to develop smart grid and energy policy for the National Broadband Plan.
- This appointment is our latest attempt to prepare the CPP Investment Board for an evermore complex investment world where we, as fiduciaries, have ethical expectations of companies in which we invest -- expectations therefore that we ought to exemplify ourselves.
- He may be no worse than most of those who've lead the Department of Transportation, but his appointment is a profoundly uninspiring vote for business as usual at a time when we need change, and an strong indication that the administration doesn't get that energy policy, technological innovation, urban planning, environmental sustainability and transportation are all bound up together, and no solution to our problems can be had without tackling them all together.
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