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
- The date refer to the date of appointment.
- Home and the team visited the appointment.
- He requested the appointment of a coadjutor.
- I've made an appointment with the internist.
- The appointments secretary was the guardian of the president's time.
- After 1847 the dates are those of the Gazette notices of the appointment.
- This placed him in a good position for future preferment and appointments.
- At the time of his appointment the Japanese legation was in the ascendency.
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