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appointment
Found in thesaurus: conclusion, decision, determination, meeting, get together, furnishing, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, business, job, line, line of work, occupation, disposal, disposition
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appointment
n.
meeting arranged in advance, date; interview; nomination, designation, naming; appointing a person for an office or position; position or office to which a person has been appointed; appointee, one who has been chosen, chosen official; equipment, furnishings;
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Appointment
Appointment may refer to:
- Law
- The prerogative power of an government official or executive to select persons to fill an honorary position or employment in the government (i.e. political appointments, poets laureate).
- Power of appointment, the legal ability of a testator to select another person to dispose of the testator's property
- Recess appointment, a method of filling vacancies under U.S. federal law
- Appointment, a form of Royal Warrant
- List of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation
- Judicial appointments in Canada
- Warrant of Appointment, an official document presented by the President of Ireland to persons upon appointment to certain offices
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appointment
Noun
1. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
(synonym) assignment, designation, naming
(hypernym) decision, determination, conclusion
(hyponym) nomination
2. a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
(synonym) date, engagement
(hypernym) meeting, get together
(hyponym) blind date
(member-meronym) date, escort
3. (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
(synonym) fitting
(hypernym) furnishings
(classification) plural, plural form
4. a person who is appointed to a job or position
(synonym) appointee
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
5. the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury"
(hypernym) occupation, business, job, line of work, line
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"
(hypernym) disposal, disposition
(classification) law, jurisprudence
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appointment
n.
schůzka; domluvit si schůzku; jen na objednání; funkce; jmenování
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appointment
Rzecz.
umówione spotkanie; mianowanie; posada; stanowisko
