/euh poynt"meuhnt/ , n.
1. a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement: We made an appointment to meet again.
2. a meeting set for a specific time or place: I'm late for my appointment.
3. the act of appointing, designating, or placing in office: to fill a vacancy by appointment.
4. an office, position, or the like, to which a person is appointed: He received his appointment as ambassador to Italy.
5. Usually, appointments . equipment, furnishings, or accouterments.
6. appointments , accouterments for a soldier or a horse.
7. Manège. a horse-show class in which the contestant need not be a member of a hunt but must wear regulation hunt livery. Cf. Corinthian (def. 9).
8. Archaic. decree; ordinance.
[ 1375-1425; late ME apoynt ( e ) ment ap ( p ) ointement. See APPOINT, -MENT ]
Syn. 1, 2. assignation, rendezvous, tryst, date. 4. APPOINTMENT, OFFICE, POST, STATION all refer to kinds of duty or employment. APPOINTMENT refers to a position to which one is assigned, as by a high government official. OFFICE often suggests a position of trust or authority. POST is usually restricted to a military or other public position, as of a diplomat, although it may also refer to a teaching position. Both POST and STATION may refer to the place where a person is assigned to work.