See Also: disposal(dictionary)
disposal(dictionary)
refuse disposal(medicine)
bomb disposal(dictionary)
garbage disposal(dictionary)
waste disposal(dictionary)
Disposal Fee - Motor Sports(gambling)
medical waste disposal(medicine)
waste disposal, fluid(medicine)

disposal (iou)



disposal noun. M17.
[from DISPOSE verb + -AL1.]
Power or right to dispose of or deal with as one pleases. Usu. in at one's disposal below. M17.
at one's disposal available for one's use, subject to one's orders or decisions.
W. Blackstone The lords, who had the disposal of these female heiresses in marriage.
= DISPOSITION 3. M17-E18.
Milton Tax not divine disposal.
The action of disposing of or getting rid of; the action of settling or dealing with. M17.
garbage disposal unit: see GARBAGE noun. waste disposal unit: see WASTE noun.
E. A. Parkes The disposal of the dead is always a question of difficulty. Howard Journal Children's hearings..are concerned only with the disposal of the child.
The action of bestowing, giving, or making over; bestowal, assignment; sale. M17.
E. Fromm Via the legal power of the last will the disposal of our property is determined.
Arrangement, disposition. E19.
A waste disposal unit. N. Amer. M20.