Advertisement
Advertisement
disposal
1[ dih-spoh-zuhl ]
noun
- an act or instance of disposing; arrangement:
the disposal of the troops.
- a disposing of or getting rid of something:
the disposal of waste material.
- a disposing or allotting of, as by gift or sale; bestowal or assignment:
She left no will to indicate the disposal of her possessions.
- power or right to dispose of a thing; control:
left at his disposal.
Synonyms: , ,
disposal
2[ dih-spoh-zuhl ]
noun
- an electrical device in the drain of a sink, for grinding up garbage to be washed down the drain.
disposal
/ »åɪˈ²õ±èəʊ³úÉ™±ô /
noun
- the act or means of getting rid of something
- placement or arrangement in a particular order
- a specific method of tending to matters, as in business
- the act or process of transferring something to or providing something for another
- the power or opportunity to make use of someone or something (esp in the phrase at one's disposal )
- a means of destroying waste products, as by grinding into particles
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of disposal2
Idioms and Phrases
see put at someone's disposal .Example Sentences
"We have a range of tools at our disposal and we will not hesitate to act," he said.
The club credited the profit to the "disposal of player registrations" worth £152.5m and the "repositioning" of their highly successful women's team.
And I think we were all aware that he was going to use all the power at his disposal to exact revenge on his political enemies.
The act also allows for the disposal of records, pending the approval of the national archivist.
Democrats actually have more money at their disposal, but they need to start spending it on advocacy media, instead of worthless TV ads that are despised by voters as much as they hate email spam.
Advertisement
Related ˜yÐÄvlogs
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse