Arrangement vs. Appointment

Arrangement vs. Appointment — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Arrangement and Appointment

Arrangementnoun

The act of arranging.

Appointmentnoun

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

His appointment was deemed suitable

Arrangementnoun

The manner of being arranged.

Appointmentnoun

The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed

the appointment of treasurer

Arrangementnoun

A collection of things that have been arranged.

Appointmentnoun

Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.

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Arrangementnoun

A particular way in which items are organized.

Appointmentnoun

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.

Arrangementnoun

(in the plural) Preparations for some undertaking.

Appointmentnoun

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

To submit to the divine appointments.

Arrangementnoun

An agreement.

Appointmentnoun

(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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Arrangementnoun

(music) An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments, or in another style.

Appointmentnoun

(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.

Arrangementnoun

the thing arranged or agreed to;

they made arrangements to meet in Chicago

Appointmentnoun

Equipment, furniture.

Arrangementnoun

an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging;

a flower arrangement

Appointmentnoun

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

to have an appointment

Arrangementnoun

an organized structure for arranging or classifying;

he changed the arrangement of the topicsthe facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was originalhe tried to understand their system of classification

Appointmentnoun

(obsolete) The allowance paid to a public officer.

Arrangementnoun

the spatial property of the way in which something is placed;

the arrangement of the furniturethe placement of the chairs

Appointmentnoun

the act of putting a person into a non-elective position;

the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee

Arrangementnoun

a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments

Appointmentnoun

a meeting arranged in advance;

she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date

Arrangementnoun

the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

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;

he applied for an appointment in the treasury

Appointmentnoun

(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