From (French appointement).

• (America, RP) IPA: /əˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt/
• (Southern US) IPA: /əˈpɔɪnt.mɪnt/, [əˈpʰɔɪ̯nʔmɪnʔ], [əˈpʰɔɪ̯̃ʔmɪnʔ]

appointment (plural appointments)

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

   Synonyms: designation

   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. (religion) Decree; direction; established order or constitution.

   to submit to the divine appointments

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Ezra 6:9 ↗:

     According to the appointment of the priests.

6. (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.
7. (government) 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 the plural) Equipment, furniture.
   • 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC ↗:

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

   • 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Soul of Laploshka”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC ↗, page 70 ↗:

     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.

• (antonym(s) of “act of appointing”): dismissal

• French: nomination
• German: Ernennung, Berufung
• Portuguese: nomeação, designação
• Russian: назначе́ние
• Spanish: nombramiento

• Portuguese: designação
• Spanish: cita

• Portuguese: compromisso
• Russian: договорённость
• Spanish: compromiso

• French: rendez-vous, (France) rencard
• German: Termin, Verabredung
• Italian: appuntamento
• Portuguese: consulta, compromisso, entrevista, rendez-vous
• Russian: (no exact term exists) встре́ча
• Spanish: cita