Dis*pos"al (?), n. [From Dispose.]
1. The act
of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the
disposal of the troops in two lines.
2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction.
The execution leave to high
disposal.
Milton.
3. 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.
A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the
disposal of my sister Jenny for life.
Tatler.
4. Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of.
The sole and absolute disposal of him an his
concerns.
South. Syn. -- Disposition; dispensation; management; conduct; government; distribution; arrangement; regulation; control.
Hear it pronounced