About The Word Appointment
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Appointment
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What's The Definition Of Appointment?
[n] (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment; "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment"
[n] the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" [n] the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury" [n] (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) [n] a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" [n] a person who is appointed to a job or position Synonyms | Synonyms for Appointment: appointee | assignment | date | designation | engagement | fitting | naming Related Terms | Find terms related to Appointment: accession | allocation | allotment | anointing | anointment | apostolic orders | appropriation | arrangement | arrogation | assignation | assignment | assumption | authorization | berth | bespeaking | billet | blind date | booking | brevet | briefing | bull | calling | canonization | choice | conferment | connection | consecration | coronation | date | declaration | decree | decree-law | decreement | decretal | decretum | delegation | deputation | designation | dictum | diktat | double date | earmarking | edict | edictum | election | employment | empowerment | engagement | engagement book | fiat | gig | hiring | holy orders | incumbency | induction | installation | institution | interview | investiture | ipse dixit | job | law | legitimate succession | major orders | meeting | minor orders | moonlighting | naming | nomination | office | opening | ordainment | orders | ordinance | ordination | ordonnance | place | political election | position | post | posting | preengagement | preferment | presentation | proclamation | pronouncement | pronunciamento | reading in | rendezvous | rescript | reservation | retainment | rule | ruling | second job | seizure | selection | senatus consult | senatus consultum | service | setting aside | situation | slot | spot | station | succession | tabbing | tagging | taking on | taking over | tenure | transferral | tryst | ukase | usurpation | vacancy See Also | blind date | business | conclusion | co-optation | co-option | decision | delegacy | determination | disposal | disposition | escort | furnishings | get together | human | individual | job | line | line of work | meeting | mortal | nomination | occupation | ordinance | ordination | person | rendezvous | somebody | someone | soul | tryst Appointment In Webster's Dictionary \Ap*point"ment\, n. [Cf. F. appointement.]
1. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an
office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the
appointment of unsuitable men.
2. The state of being appointed to som? service or office; an
office to which one is appointed; station; position; an,
the appointment of treasurer.
3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual
agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement;
as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
4. Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as,
to submit to the divine appointments.
According to the appointment of the priests. --Ezra
vi. 9.
5. (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.
6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever
is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the
accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts,
sashes, swords.
The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness
of their appointments. --Prescott.
I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void
of appointment, that thou liest. --Beau. & Fl.
7. An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a
perquisite; -- properly only in the plural. [Obs.]
An expense proportioned to his appointments and
fortune is necessary. --Chesterfield.
8. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a
public exhibition of a college; as, to have an
appointment. [U.S.]
Syn: Designation; command; order; direction; establishment;
equipment.
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