appointment
/əˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt/ noun A2- The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust. · His appointment as treasurer was deemed suitable.
- The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed. · the appointment of treasurer
- A stipulation; an agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
- An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement. · They made an appointment to meet at six.· I’m leaving work early because I have a doctor’s appointment.
- A decree; a direction; an established order or constitution. · 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.
- Equipment, furniture.
Plural appointments
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An unknown person had been with him that morning, and made an appointment with him in the Rue Saint-Jacques; unfortunately, the general’s valet, who was dressing his hair at the moment when the stranger entered, heard the street mentioned, but did not catch the number.” As the police minister related this to the king, Villefort, who looked as if his very life hung on the speaker’s lips, turned alternately red and pale.
A summons, a bogus appointment, and all would be over.
He would naturally have made an appointment with the foreign agent and kept his evening clear.
Make appointment by letter.
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