Definizione monolingua

appointment

appointment (plural appointments)

1. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust.

   He erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

2. The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position.

   the appointment of treasurer

3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
4. An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement.

   They made an appointment to meet at six.

   Im leaving work early because I have a doctors appointment.

5. Decree; direction; established order or constitution.

   To submit to the divine appointments.

   According to the appointment of the priests. --Ezra vi. 9.

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. (now in the plural) Equipment, furniture.
   • 1910, Saki, ‘The Soul of Laploshka’, Reginald in Russia:

     The appointments were primitive, but the Schnitzel, the beer, and the cheese could not have been improved on.

9. (US) A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

Definizione dizionario appointment

	appuntamento
	arrangement for a meeting; an engagement
	The arrangement for a meeting.
	A calendar item in the Exchange store. Appointments do not include other people or resources.

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Altri significati:

(US) A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

(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.

act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office

(Government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.

appointment (to a position, job, etc.)

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.

An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement.

The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust.

The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position.

Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.

Decree; direction; established order or constitution.