Appointment
[ə'pɒɪntm(ə)nt] or [ə'pɔɪntmənt]
Definition
(noun.) (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'.
(noun.) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; 'the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee'.
(noun.) the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; 'he applied for an appointment in the treasury'.
(noun.) (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel).
Typist: Ludwig--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The state of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
(n.) Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
(n.) Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.
(n.) 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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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Appointing, designation to office.[2]. Station, position, office, place.[3]. Assignation, agreement (as to time and place of meeting), TRYST, stipulation, arrangement.[4]. Decree, bidding, command, order, direction, precept, mandate, ordination, enactment, law, requirement.[5]. Equipment, equipage, furniture, outfit, appliance.[6]. Allowance, salary, pay, stipend, pension.[7]. Nomination, constitution, creation.
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Examples
- I arrived four hours earlier than my appointment. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She carefully opened her reticule a little way and showed me a folded piece of paper inside as the appointment of which she spoke. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I sat up half the night hugging myself over it, and next day I was off to Birmingham in a train that would take me in plenty time for my appointment. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pervaded our Department--without an appointment--and said he wanted to know! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Would you take a seat in Mr Lightwood's room, sir, while I look over our Appointment Book? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I think that this typewritten letter is from you, in which you made an appointment with me for six o'clock? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- We always derived profound satisfaction from making an appointment for this purpose. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He said he certainly could have wished to have continued to hold the appointment he had just resigned. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It wants five minutes, good, to Venus's appointment,' said he. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Bingley was punctual to his appointment; and he and Mr. Bennet spent the morning together, as had been agreed on. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He said he had been with Lucie until just now, and had only left her for a few minutes, to come and keep his appointment. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He made no remark, however, save that, unless we hurried, we should be late for our appointment with Lestrade. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You haven't got any appointment, you know,' said Barnacle Junior. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He has got a good appointment. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The appointment _was_ a device to keep the brother away! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The other appointments of the mansion partook of the rude simplicity of the Saxon period, which Cedric piqued himself upon maintaining. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I am much too delicate to make and keep such appointments in the winter season. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Very graceful was the lady's mien, choice her appointments, delicate and stately her whole aspect. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Some men have a knack of keeping appointments; and other men have a knack of missing them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I know little of either, said Lydgate; but in general, appointments are apt to be made too much a question of personal liking. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I have no ill-will towards him, but I think we owe something to the public, not to speak of anything higher, in these appointments. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- People declared that she got money from various simply disposed persons, under pretence of getting them confidential appointments under Government. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Appointments of commissioned officers had then to be made; men had to be enlisted, the regiments equipped and the whole transported to Mexico. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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