appointment

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The act of appointing or designating someone for an office or position.
• noun The office or position to which one has been appointed.
• noun An arrangement to do something or meet someone at a particular time and place. synonym: engagement.
• noun Furnishings, fittings, or equipment.
• noun Law The act of directing the disposition of property by virtue of a power granted for this purpose.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The act of appointing, designating, or placing in office: as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
• noun An office held by a person appointed: as, a high appointment in the civil service.
• noun Stipulation; engagement; assignation; the act of fixing by mutual agreement: as, an appointment to meet at six o'clock.
• noun Anything fixed or established; established order or constitution; decree; ordinance; direction; order; command: as, it is our duty to submit to the divine appointments.
• noun Equipment, furniture, outfit, as for a ship, an army, a soldier, etc.; whatever is appointed for use and management; accoutrements: in this sense generally used in the plural.
• noun The act of preparing; preparation.
• noun An allowance to a person; a salary or pension, as of a public officer: properly used only in the plural.
• noun In law, the act of appointing or designating the beneficiary who is to take the use of an estate created under a preceding deed or will. See appoint, 5.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust.
• noun The state of being appointed to som� service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
• noun Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement.
• noun Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
• noun (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.
• noun 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.
• noun obsolete An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.
• noun U.S. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust.
• noun The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position.
• noun Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
• noun An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement.
• noun Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
• noun 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.
• noun Government The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
• noun Equipment, furniture.
• noun US A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a meeting arranged in advance
• noun the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
• noun a person who is appointed to a job or position
• noun (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment
• noun the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed
• noun (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)