appointment
appointment is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The state of being appointed to somappointment of treasurer.
- 2.Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
- 3.Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments. According to the appointment of the priests. Ezra vi.
- 4.5. (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.
- 5.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. The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments. Prescott. I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of appoinment, that thou liest. Beau. & Fl.
- 6.An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural. [Obs.] An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary. Chesterfield.
- 7.A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. [U.S.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accession
- administer
- administration
- agency
- agent
- agentship
- allocate
- allocation
- allot
- allotment
- allowance
- and
- appoint
- apportion
- apportionment
- appropriate
- appropriation
- assign
- assignment
- attorney
- authority
- billet
- bird
- brevet
- captive
- capture
- carve
- cast
- charge
- charter
- clerkship
- close
- come
- commission
- consignee
- consignment
- contingent
- coronation
- custody
- deal
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is appointment.
- What is the state of being appointed to somappointment of treasurer called?
- What is stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six called?
- What is decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments. According to the appointment of the priests. Ezra vi called?
- What is 5. (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 called?
- What is an allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural. [Obs.] An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary. Chesterfield called?
- What is a honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. [U.S.] called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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