1. A meeting arranged in advance
   "She had an appointment with her dentist";
   - date, engagement, appt [informal]
    
2. The act of putting a person into a non-elective position
   "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee";
   - assignment, designation, naming
    
3. The job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed
   "he applied for an appointment in the treasury"
    
4. A person who is appointed to a job or position
   "The new appointment to the board of directors had an impressive background in finance";
   - appointee
    
5. (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
   "The luxury yacht boasted the finest appointments money could buy";
   - fitting
    
6. (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"

Derived forms: appointments

Type of: actor, business, conclusion, decision, determination, disposal, disposition, doer, furnishing, get-together, job, line, line of work, meeting, occupation, worker

Encyclopedia: Appointment