appointments
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Definitions ofappointments
- The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust
Example: "His appointment was deemed suitable"
- The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed
Example: "the appointment of treasurer"
- Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
- An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.
Example: "I'm leaving work early because I have a doctor's appointment."
- Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
Example: "To submit to the divine appointments."
- 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.
- (now in the plural) Equipment, furniture.
- A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.
Example: "to have an appointment"
- The allowance paid to a public officer.
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