'Disposal' definitions:
Definition of 'disposal'
From: WordNet
noun
The power to use something or someone; "used all the resources at his disposal"
noun
A method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) [syn: administration, disposal]
noun
The act or means of getting rid of something [syn: disposal, disposition]
noun
A kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage [syn: disposal, electric pig, garbage disposal]
Definition of 'Disposal'
From: GCIDE
- Disposal \Dis*pos"al\, n. [From Dispose.]
- 1. The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction. [1913 Webster]
- The execution leave to high disposal. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a disposal of property. [1913 Webster]
- A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of. [1913 Webster]
- The sole and absolute disposal of him an his concerns. --South.
- Syn: Disposition; dispensation; management; conduct; government; distribution; arrangement; regulation; control. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disposal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abalienation,
- abandonment,
- abjuration,
- administration,
- alienation,
- allocation,
- allotment,
- amortization,
- amortizement,
- apportionment,
- arrangement,
- array,
- arraying,
- assignation,
- assignment,
- bargain and sale,
- barter,
- bequeathal,
- castaway,
- castoff,
- cession,
- chucking,
- clearance,
- collation,
- collocation,
- command function,
- concord,
- conferment,
- conferral,
- consignation,
- consignment,
- constitution,
- conveyance,
- conveyancing,
- decision-making,
- deeding,
- deep six,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- demise,
- demolishing,
- demolition,
- deployment,
- deportation,
- destroying,
- destruction,
- detachment,
- disbursal,
- disbursement,
- discard,
- discarding,
- disjunction,
- dispensation,
- dispersion,
- disposition,
- distribution,
- dole,
- doling,
- doling out,
- dumping,
- ejection,
- elimination,
- enfeoffment,
- eradication,
- exchange,
- executive function,
- exile,
- expatriation,
- expulsion,
- forgoing,
- form,
- formation,
- formulation,
- forswearing,
- getting rid of,
- giving,
- giving out,
- giving up,
- harmony,
- issuance,
- jettison,
- junking,
- layout,
- lease and release,
- letting go,
- lineup,
- liquidation,
- marshaling,
- officiation,
- order,
- ordering,
- organization,
- ostracism,
- outlawing,
- outlawry,
- passing around,
- paying out,
- peace,
- placement,
- proportion,
- purge,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- recantation,
- refuse,
- regimentation,
- regularity,
- reject,
- rejectamenta,
- rejection,
- release,
- relegation,
- relinquishment,
- removal,
- renunciation,
- resignation,
- retraction,
- riddance,
- routine,
- sacrifice,
- sale,
- scrapping,
- sequence,
- settlement,
- settling,
- setup,
- severance,
- structure,
- structuring,
- surrender,
- suspension,
- swearing off,
- symmetry,
- syntax,
- system,
- throwaway,
- trading,
- tranquillity,
- transfer,
- transference,
- transmission,
- transmittal,
- uniformity,
- vesting,
- withdrawal,
- yielding