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Meaning of appointment

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  appointment
      n 1: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position;
           "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
           [syn: {appointment}, {assignment}, {designation}, {naming}]
      2: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid
         kissing at the end of a date" [syn: {date}, {appointment},
         {engagement}]
      3: (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a
         ship or hotel) [syn: {appointment}, {fitting}]
      4: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn:
         {appointee}, {appointment}]
      5: the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; "he
         applied for an appointment in the treasury"
      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"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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