appointment

  1. Noun.  The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust.
  2. Noun.  The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position.
  3. Noun.  Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
  4. Noun.  An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement.
  5. Noun.  Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
  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.
  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.
  8. Noun.  (context, now) Equipment, furniture.
  9. Noun.  (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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