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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parting with or throwing something away |
| Synonyms: | auctioning, bartering, chucking, clearance, conveyance, demolishing, demolition, destroying, destruction, discarding, dispatching, dispensation, disposition, dumping, ejection, jettison, jettisoning, junking, relegation, relinquishment, removal, riddance, sacrifice, sale, scrapping, selling, trading, transfer, transference, vending |
| Antonyms: | hold, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | classification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | categorization |
| Synonyms: | allocation, alloting, allotment, analysis, apportionment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, cataloguing, categorizing, codification, collocation, consignment, coordination, denomination, department, designation, disposal, disposition, distributing, distribution, division, echelon, gradation, grade, grading, graduation, group, grouping, kind, order, ordering, ordination, organization, pigeonholing, regulation, sizing, sorting, systematization, tabulating, taxonomy, typecasting |
| Main Entry: | disbursement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | cost, disposal, expenditure, expense, outgoing, outlay, spending |
| Antonyms: | deposit, hoard, savings |
| Main Entry: | disposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrangement, management of a situation |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, classification, control, decision, direction, disposal, distribution, grouping, method, order, ordering, organization, placement, plan, regulation, sequence |
| Antonyms: | disarrangement, mismanagement |
| Main Entry: | distribution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allocation, dispersion |
| Synonyms: | administration, alloting, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assessment, assigning, circulating, circulation, dealing, delivery, diffusion, dispensation, dispersal, disposal, disposing, dissemination, dissipating, division, dole, handing out, handling, mailing, marketing, partition, partitioning, propagation, prorating, rationing, scattering, sharing, spreading, trading, transport, transportation |
| Antonyms: | collection, gathering, hoard, hoarding, maintenance, store |
| Main Entry: | distribution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | classification |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, assortment, disposal, disposition, grouping, location, order, ordering, organization, placement, sequence |
| Main Entry: | method |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means, procedure |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, approach, arrangement, channels, course, custom, design, disposal, disposition, fashion, form, formula, habit, line, manner, mechanism, method, mode, modus, modus operandi, nuts and bolts, plan, practice, proceeding, process, program, receipt, recipe, red tape, ritual, rote, routine, rubric, rule, rut, schema, scheme, shortcut, style, system, tack, tactics, technic, technique, tenor, the book, usage, way, ways and means, wise, wrinkle |
| Notes: | a method is a way of doing things; a methodology is a set or system of methods |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrangement, organization |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, aligning, array, assortment, cast, categorization, classification, codification, composition, computation, disposal, disposition, distribution, establishment, form, grouping, harmony, layout, line, lineup, management, method, neatness, ordering, orderliness, pattern, placement, plan, procedure, procession, progression, propriety, regularity, regulation, rule, scale, scheme, sequence, series, setup, standardization, structure, succession, symmetry, system, tidiness, uniformity |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Antonyms: | confusion, disorder, disorganization, mess, muddle |
| Main Entry: | organization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrangement, arranging |
| Synonyms: | alignment, assembling, assembly, chemistry, composition, configuration, conformation, constitution, construction, coordination, design, disposal, format, formation, forming, formulation, framework, grouping, harmony, institution, make-up, making, management, method, methodology, organism, organizing, pattern, plan, planning, regulation, running, situation, standard, standardization, structure, structuring, symmetry, system, unity, whole |
| Antonyms: | disorganization |
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