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disposal

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The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines.

Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction.

Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a disposal of property.

Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort. Jean Cocteau

The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it. Marcel Proust

Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the garbage disposal unit. Guy Debord

Headmasters have powers at their disposal with which Prime Ministers have never yet been invested. Winston Churchill

The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal. Anthony Stafford Beer

Means at our disposal should be regarded as a bulwark against the many evils and misfortunes that can occur. We should not regard such wealth as a permission or even an obligation to procure for ourselves the pleasures of the world. Arthur Schopenhauer

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