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Appointment   /əpˈɔɪntmənt/   Listen
Appointment

noun
1.
The act of putting a person into a non-elective position.  Synonyms: assignment, designation, naming.
2.
A meeting arranged in advance.  Synonyms: date, engagement.
3.
(usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel).  Synonym: fitting.
4.
A person who is appointed to a job or position.  Synonym: appointee.
5.
The job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed.
6.
(law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment.



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"Appointment" Quotes from Famous Books



... her. It touched on the worldly pride in her. Rudin, a poor man without rank, and so far without distinction, had presumed to make a secret appointment with her daughter—the daughter ...
— Rudin • Ivan Turgenev
... Council is to consider the appointment of women park- keepers. In support it is urged that when it comes to persuading a paper bag to go along quietly the superior tact of a ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 10th, 1920 • Various
... Xauxa in order to establish a settlement of Spaniards, and, having had news of the death of Atabalipa, with great prudence and much craftiness in order to keep themselves in the good graces of the Indians, they discuss the appointment ...
— An Account of the Conquest of Peru • Pedro Sancho
... and his allies with their designs for controlling the entire government. In the first place, the House of Lords was composed mainly of hereditary nobles whose number the king could increase by the appointment of his favorites, as of old. Though the members of the House of Commons were elected by popular vote, they did not speak for the mass of English people. Great towns like Leeds, Manchester, and Birmingham, for example, had no representatives at all. While there were about eight million ...
— History of the United States • Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
... make an appointment, always be exact in observing it. In some places, and on some occasions, a quarter of an hour's grace is given. This depends on custom, and it is always better not to avail yourself of it. In Philadelphia it is necessary to be punctual to a second, for there everybody ...
— The Laws of Etiquette • A Gentleman


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