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This is something I've been wondering about for a very long time now.
jisho.org lists quite many different words for "appointment" like e.g.
任命、待ち合わせ、予約 and a few more.

But it's not clear to me which to use when. So my question today is how do I
say

> I'd like to make an appointment. (when for example calling up a doctor's
> practice)

and how to say

> I'd like to make an appointment to change my foreign driver's license into a
> Japanese one. (when calling up the prefectural police)

I'm sure I had other situations where I really really needed this word but
didn't know it but right now I can't remember.
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How to say I want to make an appointment?
I would say

> 予{よ}約{やく}をお願{ねが}いしたいのですが

for "I'd like to make an appointment. (when for example calling up a doctor's
practice)"

and

>
> 外{がい}国{こく}の運{うん}転{てん}免{めん}許{きょ}を日{に}本{ほん}のものに切{き}り替{か}えたいのですが、予{よ}約{やく}をお願{ねが}いします

for "I'd like to make an appointment to change my foreign driver's license
into a Japanese one. (when calling up the prefectural police)"

For the record, Japanese version ->
<https://www.police.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/guide/menkyo/gai_menkyo-kirikae.html>
uses the word 予約.

For the record (again,) 任命 corresponds to "an act of assigning a job or
position to someone," and 待ち合わせ corresponds to "an arrangement to meet someone
at a particular time and place"
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In general, 予約 is the word you would want to use in this situation. It can be
an appointment or a reservation.

Regarding the other words you listed, 待ち合わせ is usually used to refer to
waiting for someone at a particular place and time, like meeting your friend
at the subway station's north exit at 2pm. That would be your 待ち合わせ場所 and
待ち合わせ時間. This also correlates with the waiting room at a hospital being a 待合室.

任命 is an appointment, but in the sense of someone being appointed to a
position as in: The company announced Mr. Tanaka's appointment as the new
general manager.

In everyday speech アポ from the English word "appointment" is often used with
the verb 取る.
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