appointment

noun

Etymology: From Middle English appoyntement, apoyntement, from Old French appointement, equivalent to appoint + -ment.

1. The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust

   “His appointment as treasurer was deemed suitable.”

2. The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed

   “the appointment of treasurer”

3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
4. An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.

   “They made an appointment to meet at six.”

   “I’m leaving work early because I have a doctor’s appointment.”

5. Decree; direction; established order or constitution.

   “to submit to the divine appointments”

   “According to the appointment of the priests.”

6. 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.
7. The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
8. Equipment, furniture.

   “[…] the house had been inhabited for years by his father, and in many of its appointments was old-fashioned and grim […]”

   “The appointments of a gentleman's dressing-room are similar in most respects to those of the lady's dressing-room, the differences being in trifling matters.”

9. An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.

   “to have an appointment”

10. The allowance paid to a public officer.