Appointment
Definition of Appointment
Ap`point´ment | n. | 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. | | 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. | | 7. | An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; - properly only in the plural. | | 8. | 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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