Appointment

Noun

 * 1) The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust.
 * 2) The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position.
 * 3) Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
 * 4) An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement.
 * 5) Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
 * 6) (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.
 * 7) (Government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
 * 8) 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.
 * 9) 🇺🇸 A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

Adjectives for Appointment
tentative; lifetime; public; onerous; clandestine; absolute; arbitrary; formal; voluntary.

Verbs for Appointment
assign—; benefit by—; cancel—; confirm—;decline—; decree—; designate—; direct—;dispose of—; engineer—; establish—; fix—;grant—; miss—; order—; perform—; ratify—; shuffle—; stipulate—; thrill by—; wangle—; —confers; —pays; —stands;—vests in one.

Adjectives for Appointment
luxurious; elegant; sumptuous; modernistic; dignified.

Thesaurus
accession; allocation; allotment; anointing; anointment; apostolic orders; appropriation; arrangement; arrogation; assignation; assignment; assumption; authorization; berth; bespeaking; billet; blind date; booking; brevet; briefing; bull; calling; canonization; choice; conferment; connection; consecration; coronation; date; declaration; decree; decree-law; decreement; decretal; decretum; delegation; deputation; designation; dictum; diktat; double date; earmarking; edict; edictum; election; employment; empowerment; engagement; engagement book; fiat; gig; hiring; holy orders; incumbency; induction; installation; institution; interview; investiture; ipse dixit; job; law; legitimate succession; major orders; meeting; minor orders; moonlighting; naming; nomination; office; opening; ordainment; orders; ordinance; ordination; ordonnance; place; political election; position; post; posting; preengagement; preferment; presentation; proclamation; pronouncement; pronunciamento; reading in; rendezvous; rescript; reservation; retainment; rule; ruling; second job; seizure; selection; senatus consult; senatus consultum; service; setting aside; situation; slot; spot; station; succession; tabbing; tagging; taking on; taking over; tenure; transferral; tryst; ukase; usurpation; vacancy

Etymology
Compare with French appointement.

Synonyms

 * command
 * designation
 * direction
 * equipment
 * establishment
 * order

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: aanstelling, een afspraak maken
 * Finnish: virkaan nimittäminen


 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: מינוי (minui)
 * Japanese: 任命 (ninmei)
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: nombramiento


 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Finnish: sovittu tapaaminen, sopimus, ajanvaraus


 * Arabic: موعد
 * Bulgarian: уговорка,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 約會, 约会
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, rencard


 * German: ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Russian: , запись ,  аппойнтмент
 * Spanish: