joint appointment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofjointandappointment
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joint
adjective
uk/dʒɔɪnt/us/dʒɔɪnt/
belonging to or shared between two or ...
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appointment
noun
uk/əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/us/əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/
a formal arrangement to meet or visit someone at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofjointandappointmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We are now considering thejointappointmentof consultants to advise us on the implications of some of the larger expansions.
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The chest physician and the control of the chest clinic is ajointappointment.
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All other minor authorities, which are currently involved in ajointappointmentof a minor authority representative, would be denied that role.
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Then there is the welcome trend in some areas towards thejointappointmentof consultant geriatrician by hospital authorities and local health authorities.
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He may be employed by the hospital or by the local health authority, or he may have ajointappointment.
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I suggest that that was a case in which joint discussion andjointappointmentwould perhaps have avoided embarrassment.
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The appointment of a head should be ajointappointment.
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It had been suggested that thejointappointmentof medical officers as between boroughs and counties did not work at all well.
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That may tip the scale at the present time in favour of thisjointappointmentand joint function.
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I was informed beforehand that thisjointappointmentwould be considered.
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They cannot say that ajointappointmentis good for one purpose and bad for another.
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The tuberculosis officer is ajointappointment.
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But in fact it is not expected that the joint use of staff will necessarily take the form of ajointappointmentunder the single contract.
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For example, interdisciplinary faculty are usually recruited to ajointappointment, with responsibilities in both an interdisciplinary program (such as women's studies) and a traditional discipline (such as history).
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He has ajointappointmentin the departments of philosophy and history because his teaching and research focus on the history, philosophy, and social relations of modern science and technology.
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The answer is that joint appointments are not good generally.
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Here again the possibility of joint appointments should be considered by local authorities, where numbers do not justify a full-time appointment.
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I know quite well that joint appointments are not popular.
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The system of joint appointments raised a number of difficulties and there are no plans for further appointments of this kind.
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It also allows for these to be joint appointments or arrangements.
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