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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Appointment \Ap*point"ment\, n. [Cf. F. appointement.] 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. According to the appointment of the priests. --Ezra vi 9. 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. The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments. --Prescott. I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of appointment, that thou liest. --Beau. & Fl 7. An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural. [Obs.] An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary. --Chesterfield. 8. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as to have an appointment. [U.S.] Syn: Designation; command; order direction; establishment; equipment. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: appointment n 1: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approvied by the whole committee" [syn: {assignment}, {designation}, {naming}] 2: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" [syn: {date}, {engagement}] 3: (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) [syn: {fitting}] 4: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn: {appointee}] 5: the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury" 6: (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"
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