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appointment noun [ əˈpɔɪntm(ə)nt ]

• an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place.
• "she made an appointment with my receptionist"
Similar: meeting, engagement, interview, arrangement, consultation, session, date, rendezvous, assignation, tweetup, commitment, fixture, tryst,
• an act of assigning a job or position to someone.
Similar: nomination, naming, designation, designating, installation, commissioning, engagement, adoption, co-option, selection, choosing, election, voting in, detailing,
Opposite: rejection,
• furniture or fittings.
• "the room was spartan in its appointments"
Origin: Middle English: from Old French apointement, from apointer (see appoint).

by appointment

• having previously made an arrangement to do something.
"visits are by appointment only"

by appointment to the Queen

• (in the UK) used by manufacturers to indicate that their products are sold to the queen and are therefore of guaranteed quality.

power of appointment

• power to select the holder of a particular job or position.



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