arrangement

arrangement
[[t]əre͟ɪnʤmənt[/t]]
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arrangements
1) N-COUNT: usu pl, oft N for n, N to-inf Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.

The staff is working frantically on final arrangements for the summit...

She telephoned Ellen, but made no arrangements to see her...

I am in charge of all the travel arrangements.

2) N-COUNT: also by N An arrangement is an agreement that you make with someone to do something.

The caves can be visited only by prior arrangement...

Her class teacher made a special arrangement to discuss her progress at school once a month.

3) N-COUNT: with supp An arrangement of things, for example flowers or furniture, is a group of them displayed in a particular way.

The house was always decorated with imaginative flower arrangements.

...an arrangement of dark-blue armchairs around a coffee table.

4) N-COUNT: usu with supp If someone makes an arrangement of a piece of music, they change it so that it is suitable for particular voices or instruments, or for a particular performance.

...an arrangement of a well-known piece by Mozart...

Glen Bronka wrote his own orchestral arrangements.


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  • arrangement — [ arɑ̃ʒmɑ̃ ] n. m. • XIIIe; de arranger ♦ Action d arranger; son résultat. 1 ♦ Action de disposer dans un certain ordre; la disposition qui en résulte. ⇒ disposition; assemblage, constitution, organisation. Arrangement d une maison, d un mobilier …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • arrangement — UK US /əˈreɪndʒmənt/ noun ► [C, usually plural] a plan or preparation for how something will happen: make an arrangement »There wasn t enough time for him to make alternative arrangements. arrangement (for sb) to do sth »Some people have very… …   Financial and business terms

  • Arrangement — Ar*range ment, n. [Cf. F. arrangement.] 1. The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form. [1913 Webster] 2. The manner or result of arranging; system of parts… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • arrangement — ARRANGEMENT. sub. m. Ordre, état de ce qui est arrangé. Arrangement de livres. Arrangement de vases, de porcelaines, de tableaux. Il y a du goût dans l arrangement de ces meubles. [b]f♛/b] Il se dit aussi De la disposition et de l ordre qu on… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • arrangement — I (ordering) noun adaption, arraying, collocation, compositio, composition, conformation, conlocatio, formation, method, regularity, schematism, symmetry, systematization, uniformity II (plan) noun conception, concoction, contrivance, course of… …   Law dictionary

  • arrangement — Arrangement. s. m. v. Ordre, estat de ce qui est arrangé. Arrangement de livres. arrangement de vases, de porcelaines. Il se dit aussi de la disposition & de l ordre qu on observe dans un discours en mettant chaque terme à la place qui luy… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • arrangement — [n1] an understanding adjustment, agreement, compact, compromise, deal, frame up*, game plan*, layout*, organization, package*, package deal*, plan, preparation, provision, schedule, settlement, setup, terms; concept 684 arrangement [n2]… …   New thesaurus

  • arrangement — (n.) 1727, from Fr. arrangement, from arranger arrange (see ARRANGE (Cf. arrange)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Arrangement — (franz., spr. angsch māng), Anordnung, Einrichtung; Abfindung, Vergleich, gütliche Übereinkunft. Blumen A., Blumengewinde, Blumenkorb. – In der Musik heißt A. insbes. die Bearbeitung eines Tonstücks für andre Instrumente, als der Komponist es… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Arrangement — (frz., spr. angsch máng), Einrichtung, Anordnung; gütlicher Vergleich; Bearbeitung (s. Arrangieren). Arrangementsgeschäft, in Österreich s.v.w. Zeitgeschäft, im Gegensatz zu Kassageschäft …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • arrangement — may refer to a variety of formal or informal agreements concerning the conditions under which a bankrupt company may operate; often, it refers to an extension of time in which debt can be paid off. This was the term used under the old Chapter XI… …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

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