Meaning

noun the power to use something or someone

noun a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)

noun the act or means of getting rid of something

originEtymology tree French disposerbor. English dispose Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English disposal From dispose + -al.

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