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What does dispose of mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word dispose of? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To get rid of.
  2. (transitive) To transfer to another's control.
  3. (transitive) To deal with conclusively with a threat or a difficult situation.
  4. (transitive) To arrange in an orderly way.
  5. (transitive, nonstandard, Euro-English) To have available, or at one's disposal.
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The forthcoming legislation aims to regulate how businesses reuse, reclaim, recycle and dispose of surplus electronic equipment.
They also go into the game on the back of some good form that has seen them dispose of Champions League qualifiers Everton and Blackburn Rovers.
Perhaps it's just as well that I didn't have to dispose of it on the web, though.
It's about time the authorities, who are supposed to dispose of this rubbish, got their act together.
Members of religious orders may inherit only small life pensions and cannot dispose of property through wills.
A company should responsibly dispose of the wastes it owns, whether selling it to others for reuse or paying for its disposal.

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