appointment

noun

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. (in-plural)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.”

   “The appointments were primitive, but the Schnitzel, the beer, and the cheese could not have been improved on.”

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

   “to have an appointment”

10. (obsolete)The allowance paid to a public officer.