appointment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment

   I allocated part of the trust to your church by appointment.

2. 2
   noun

   the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

   the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee

3. 3
   noun

   the job to which you are or hope to be appointed

   I applied for an appointment in the treasury.

4. 4
   noun

   The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust

   His appointment as treasurer was deemed suitable.

5. 5
   noun

   The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed

   the appointment of treasurer

6. 6
   noun

   An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.

   They made an appointment to meet at six.

7. 7
   noun

   Decree; direction; established order or constitution.

   to submit to the divine appointments

8. 8
   noun

   Equipment, furniture.

   […] the house had been inhabited for years by his father, and in many of its appointments was old-fashioned and grim […]

Etymology

From Middle English appoyntement, apoyntement, from Old French appointement, equivalent to appoint + -ment.