appointment

Meaning

Noun

• The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust
• The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed
• Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
• An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.
• Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
• 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.
• The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
• Equipment, furniture.
• A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.
• The allowance paid to a public officer.

Related

Opposite words

• dismissal

Origin

• From Middle French apointement (French appointement). See appoint.