Translate appointment | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of appointment
noun
1an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place:she made an appointment with my receptionist
2an act of appointing; assigning a job or position to someone:his appointment as president a job or position:she took up an appointment as head of communications a person appointed to a job or position.
3 (
appointments)
furniture or fittings:the room was spartan in its appointments
Phrases
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1power to select the holder of a particular job or position.
2 Law power to decide the disposal of property, in exercise of a right conferred by the owner.
