disposal

English

Alternative forms

• disposall (obsolete)

Etymology

From dispose +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [dɪsˈpəʊzəɫ]

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊzəl

Noun

disposal (countable and uncountable, plural disposals)

1. (countable) A disposition; an arrangement, categorization, or classification of things.

   Coordinate term: dispensation

   at your disposal

2. (countable) A disposing of or getting rid of something.
   1. (countable, Australian rules football) A kick or a handball of the ball during a game.
      • 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round eight? Australian Football League, 7 May 2019. Accessed 8 May 2019.

        Lewy Taylor was quiet against the Swans with just seven disposals but hit the mark with a couple of kicks inside 50 during the crucial last quarter.

3. (uncountable) The power to use something or someone.
4. (countable) A garbage disposal
   • 1978 April 8, “Boston So. End (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14:

     2 bedroom apt nicely done. Dishwasher, disposal and many closets. Heat incl $290 mo + security.

Derived terms

• at someone's disposal
• at the disposal of
• garbage disposal
• garbage disposal unit
• nondisposal
• predisposal
• waste disposal
• waste disposal unit

 

Related terms

• disposition

Translations

arrangement, categorization, classification

• Danish: ordning c, anbringelse (da) c, opstilling (da) c
• Finnish: järjestäminen (fi), luokittelu (fi)
• French: disposition (fr) f
• Hungarian: elrendezés (hu), kezelés (hu), rendelkezés (hu)
• Korean: 처분 (ko) (cheobun), 배치 (ko) (baechi), 처치 (ko) (cheochi), 정리 (ko) (jeongni), 양도 (ko) (yangdo), 매각 (ko) (maegak)
• Portuguese: disposição (pt) f

disposing of

• Bulgarian: отстраняване (bg) n (otstranjavane), избавяне от (izbavjane ot)
• Czech: likvidace (cs) f
• Danish: bortskaffelse c
• Finnish: hävittäminen (fi)
• French: élimination (fr)
• German: Beseitigung (de) f, Entsorgung (de) f (waste, especially toxic or nuclear)
• Greek: απαλλαγή (el) f (apallagí), ξεφόρτωμα (el) n (xefórtoma) (colloquial)

  Ancient Greek: ἀποβολή f (apobolḗ)

• Hebrew: היפטרות f (hipat'rút)
• Hungarian: (different ways of disposing of something: on the spot or at a remote location, by reusing or simply depositing) selejtezés (hu), leselejtezés, megszabadulás (hu), eltávolítás (hu), lerakás (hu), elszállítás (hu), hasznosítás (hu), ártalmatlanítás (hu)
• Korean: 제거 (ko) (jegeo), 처리 (ko) (cheori)
• Maori: whakareinga
• Portuguese: dispensa (pt) f
• Spanish: desecho (es) m
• Swedish: avyttring (sv) c, utrangering c

power to use something

• Bulgarian: разположение (bg) n (razpoloženie), разпореждане (bg) n (razporeždane)
• Czech: dispozice (cs) f
• Danish: rådighed c
• Finnish: käyttö (fi)
• French: disposition (fr) f
• German: Verfügung (de) f
• Greek: διάθεση (el) f (diáthesi)
• Hungarian: rendelkezés (hu) (chiefly in fixed phrases with áll and bocsát)
• Italian: disposizione (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: disposisjon m

  Nynorsk: disposisjon m

• Portuguese: controle (pt) m
• Russian: распоряже́ние (ru) n (rasporjažénije)
• Swedish: förfogande (sv) n