disposal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disposal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for disposal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disposal n the power to use something or someone; "used all the resources at his disposal" a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) Synonym(s): administration, disposal the act or means of getting rid of something Synonym(s): disposal, disposition a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage Synonym(s): disposal, electric pig, garbage disposal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disposal \Dispos"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. 2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction. The execution leave to high disposal. --Milton. 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. A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life. --Tatler. 4. Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of. The sole and absolute disposal of him an his concerns. --South. Syn: Disposition; dispensation; management; conduct; government; distribution; arrangement; regulation; control.