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disposition

disposition

18 6.7
To get rid of something by throwing it away or selling it
  • noun
  • /ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/
translation icon : disposición
  • Counselor, I'm going to set this over for final disposition tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.
  • final disposition
  • determine the final disposition
  • concerning the disposition

Remember disposition that triggers the taxable events.

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Examples

  • Sergeant Gant, report to the rear and see to the disposition of the supply trains.

  • But the terms of the disposition eventually benefited landowners who had the funds to buy the land.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Now, as to the disposition of the business...

  • We may consider the disposition of the estate settled.

  • "Return to this address for proper disposition."

  • Colonel would like to know disposition of troops in Hawaii.

  • Now the tribunal has placed you in my custody for final disposition.

  • Petitioners' Hall was where officers of protocol determined the disposition of requests.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Transfer and release of live captives and disposition of carcasses and feathers are regulated by protocol.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The committee is finalizing the disposition of the old furniture by planning a garage sale.

Synonyms

transfer
vsdisposition
355 3.2

An action of moving something to another place or person

is focused on getting rid rather than just moving or changing ownership
delivery
vsdisposition
  • Formal
122 2.3

Giving someone the legal right to own something like a house

is about getting rid rather than simply handing over possession
disposal
vsdisposition
54 3.0

The act of getting rid of something you do not want

is the same but emphasizes selling or transferring as options
riddance
vsdisposition
36 6.8

The act of getting rid of someone or something unwanted

is more neutral, covering planned removal by sale or transfer
throwing away
vsdisposition
26 2.6

Getting rid of things you do not want

is broader, including selling or giving away instead of only discarding
transference
vsdisposition
11 6.8

Moving things, such as data, rights and ownership, from one place, form or person to another

is about removing items entirely, not only shifting them between holders
divestment
vsdisposition
  • Literature
3 6.0

Selling investments or parts of a company to stop owning them

is broader, covering any way to get rid, not only sales
divestiture
vsdisposition
  • Specialized
3 8.9

The sale of parts of a company, like a smaller company it owns

is narrower, used mainly for corporate sales of business parts
conveyance
vsdisposition
  • Formal
2 8.2

A legal document that transfers property to new owners

is the act of removing or disposing, not a legal transfer document

Antonyms

147 4.6

Getting something to own, often by buying, like a company or a painting

23 4.2

Keeping something so you still have it

Surface Forms

disposition singular
dispositions plural

Morphology

disposition = dispose (semi-transparent) = dis + posit + ion

The connection to 'dispose' is clear, but the specific meaning related to 'getting rid of something' is not directly inferred.

Etymology

Disposition comes from the Latin parts dis- meaning 'away' and ponere meaning 'to put', the same root behind dispose and position. So a disposition in law or business originally meant the putting or moving of things away — getting rid of, selling, or transferring them.