Appointment Definition
appointment
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Compare with French appointement.
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- (US) IPA: /ʌˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt/
- (US) IPA: /əˈpɔɪnt.mɪnt/, [əˈpʰɔɪ̯nʔmɪnʔ], [əˈpʰɔɪ̯̃ʔmɪnʔ]
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Noun
appointment (plural appointments)
- The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust.
- He erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
- The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position.
- the appointment of treasurer
- Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
- An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement.
- They made an appointment to meet at six.
- I'm leaving work early because I have a doctor's appointment.
- Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
- To submit to the divine appointments.
- According to the appointment of the priests. --Ezra vi. 9.
- (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.
- 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. --William H. Prescott.
- I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of appointment, that thou liest. --Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher
- (US) A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.
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