• Appointment: n.

    According to the note you give to the office, an appointment is what you really missed school for when you just felt like taking half the day off.


    Appointment meaning & definition 1 of Appointment.


  • An arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place.

    Appointment meaning & definition 2 of Appointment.


  • the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

    Appointment meaning & definition 3 of Appointment.


  • a meeting arranged in advance

    Appointment meaning & definition 4 of Appointment.


  • the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed

    Appointment meaning & definition 5 of Appointment.


  • (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment

    Appointment meaning & definition 6 of Appointment.


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

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  • (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.

    Appointment meaning & definition 8 of Appointment.


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

    Appointment meaning & definition 9 of Appointment.


  • A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

    Appointment meaning & definition 10 of Appointment.


  • An appointment is a scheduled arrangement or agreement to meet or visit someone, often in a professional context. It could refer to a formal placement in a job or position, meeting with a doctor or lawyer, or any other agreed time and place to meet up or perform a task.

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  • stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six

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  • decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments

    Appointment meaning & definition 13 of Appointment.


  • 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

    Appointment meaning & definition 14 of Appointment.


  • an allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural

    Appointment meaning & definition 15 of Appointment.


  • The equipment, ordnance, furniture, and necessaries of a
    ship. Also an officers commission. In the Army, appointments usually
    imply military accoutrements, such as belts, sashes, gorgets, c.

    Appointment meaning & definition 16 of Appointment.


  • Office, rank, or employment.

    Appointment meaning & definition 17 of Appointment.


  • (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

    Appointment meaning & definition 18 of Appointment.


  • a person who is appointed to a job or position

    Appointment meaning & definition 19 of Appointment.


  • 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

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