appoint.
an amount of small change
Meaning & usage
an amount of small change
Pour faire mille douze francs, il faut un billet de mille francs et un appoint de douze francs.
money which completes a payment, balances an account
complementary support
Votre concours sera un fort appoint à notre entreprise.
Where this word comes from
Deverbal of appointer. from Old French apoint (“favorable occasion; resolution, agreement”), from Old French apointier (“to work out, solve”), from Late Latin appunctare (“to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement”); Latin ad + punctum (“a point”).
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