appointment

appointment has 14 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• n.. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
• n.. The state of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
• n.. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
• n.. Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.
• n.. 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.
• n.. 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.
• n.. An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.
• n.. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.
• n.. (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment; "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment"
• n.. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
• n.. the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury"
• n.. (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)