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disposal

/dɪsˈpoʊ.zəl/ noun B2
  1. A disposition; an arrangement, categorization, or classification of things. (countable) · at your disposal
  2. A kick or a handball of the ball during a game. (countable)
  3. A sexual paraphilia, as in art, fiction, and role-playing, that involves a character consuming and digesting another and disposing their remains as bodily fluids, typically as via ejaculation or defecation. (countable, slang, uncountable)
  4. The power to use something or someone. (uncountable)
  5. A garbage disposal (countable)

Plural disposals

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But I am at his disposal.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 212 · B2
“I imagine your cousin brought you down with him chiefly for the sake of having somebody at his disposal.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 213 · B2
“You are ready enough to use all the information that the police can lay at your disposal, and then you try to finish the case yourself and bring discredit on them.”
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 78 · B2
He had already put all his knowledge at the disposal of the police.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 17 · B2

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