Appointment vs. Reservation
Appointmentnoun
The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust
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The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed
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Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
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An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.
Appointmentnoun
(religion) Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
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(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.
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(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
Appointmentnoun
Equipment, furniture.
Appointmentnoun
(US) A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.
Appointmentnoun
(obsolete) The allowance paid to a public officer.
Appointmentnoun
The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
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The state of being appointed to som service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
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Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
Appointmentnoun
Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.
Appointmentnoun
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.
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Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.
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An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; - properly only in the plural.
Appointmentnoun
A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.
Appointmentnoun
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position;
Appointmentnoun
a meeting arranged in advance;
Appointmentnoun
(usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
Appointmentnoun
a person who is appointed to a job or position
Appointmentnoun
the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed;
Appointmentnoun
(law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment;
Reservationnoun
The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
Reservationnoun
The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.
Reservationnoun
The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.
Reservationnoun
Something that is withheld or kept back.
Reservationnoun
A limiting qualification; a doubt.
Reservationnoun
(US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).
Reservationnoun
An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
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(UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also central reservation.
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(India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).
Reservationnoun
The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve.
Reservationnoun
Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or not given up or brought forward.
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A tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc.
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The state of being reserved, or kept in store.
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A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse before.
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The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick.
Reservationnoun
an agreement to have some space, service or other acommodation, as at a hotel, a restaurant, or on a public transport system, held for one's future use; also, the record or receipt for such an agreement, or the contractual obligation to retain that accommodation; as, a hotel reservation; a reservation on a flight to Dallas; to book a reservation at the Ritz.
Reservationnoun
a district that is reserved for particular purpose
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a statement that limits or restricts some claim;
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an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly
Reservationnoun
the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group);
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the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance
Reservationnoun
something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.)
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the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion
Reservationnoun
the action of reserving something
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an arrangement whereby something, especially a seat or room, is reserved for a particular person
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(in church use) the practice of retaining a portion of the consecrated elements after Mass for communion of the sick or as a focus for devotion.
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an expression of doubt qualifying overall approval of a plan or statement
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an area of land set aside for occupation by North American Indians or Australian Aborigines
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a right or interest retained in an estate being conveyed
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(in the Roman Catholic Church) the action of a superior of reserving to himself the power of absolution.
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a right reserved to the Pope of nomination to a vacant benefice.
