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Definition of Appointment

1. Noun. The act of putting a person into a non-elective position. "The appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"

2. Noun. A meeting arranged in advance. "She asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"

3. Noun. (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel).

4. Noun. A person who is appointed to a job or position.

5. Noun. The job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed. "He applied for an appointment in the treasury"

6. Noun. (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"

Definition of Appointment

1. n. 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.

Definition of Appointment

1. Noun. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust. ¹

2. Noun. The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position. ¹

3. Noun. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. ¹

4. Noun. An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement. ¹

5. Noun. Decree; direction; established order or constitution. ¹

6. Noun. (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. ¹

7. Noun. (Government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court. ¹

8. Noun. (context: now in the plural) Equipment, furniture. ¹

9. Noun. (American English) A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Appointment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Appointment

apply apply oneself applyed applying appoggiatura appoggiaturas appoint appointable appointed appointee

appointees appointer appointers appointing appointive appointment (current term) appointment book appointment calendar appointment diary appointments

appointments and schedules appointor appointors appoints apport apporter apportion apportionable apportionateness apportioned

Literary usage of Appointment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"the case where an appointment is made for 705*] eight townships, and another 'distinct appointment is made for the ninth; for then there are, ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"A joint appointment by deed, subject to a proviso for revocation and re-appointment by the husband and wife and the survivor, well revoked by the wife ..."

3. Report by Canada Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee to Inquire into the Present Condition of the Civil Service (1877)
"I think I have stated important reasons to show that preliminary examinations are not sufficient ; an employé, prior to his appointment, may have had a good ..."

4. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1899)
"May I most respectfully urge that you will not make the appointment to the Library ... The appointment of an untried man is at best a hazardous experiment, ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"Society at Cairo, Egypt, and Mr. GW Mason has received an appointment in the ... Another important step has been the appointment of Mr. R. Newstead to the ..."

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