Definition of Disposable

1. Noun. An item that can be disposed of after it has been used.

Generic synonyms: Item

2. Adjective. Free or available for use or disposition. "Disposable assets"

3. Adjective. Designed to be disposed of after use. "Disposable paper cups"
Similar to: Throwaway
Antonyms: Nondisposable

Definition of Disposable

1. a. Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.

Definition of Disposable

1. Noun. Any object that is designed to be disposed of rather than refilled or repaired. ¹

2. Adjective. That can be disposed of. ¹

3. Adjective. That is designed to be discarded rather than refilled or repaired. ¹

4. Adjective. Available to be used. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disposable

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disposable

disponing
dispope
dispoped
dispopes
dispoping
disporous
disported
disporting
disportment
disportments
disports
dispos'd
disposabilities
disposability
disposable (current term)
disposable equipment
disposable income
disposable incomes
disposableness
disposables
disposal
disposal plant
disposall
disposals
dispose
dispose of
disposed
disposed(p)
disposedness

Literary usage of Disposable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oecd Territorial Reviews by Oecd (2001)
"disposable income. Due to the geographical disparities within the provincial borders, data on disposable income with respect to location are particularly ..."

2. The Progress of Continental Law in the Nineteenth Century by John Henry Wigmore, Edwin Montefiore Borchard, Frederick Pollock (1918)
"We may say, without enumerating all, that they consist chiefly in enlarging the disposable portion of the estate, in granting the liberty to effect family ..."

3. Oecd Economic Surveys: Iceland 2003 by OECD Staff, Oecd (2003)
"Private consumption, disposable income and household debt 1990 = 100 120 115 110 105 100 95 90 Per cent Private consumption per capita Real disposable ..."

4. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1851)
"... have humbly submitted to his Majesty the expediency of forming the present disposable force into one connected army for active service, ..."

5. The Principles of Thermodynamics: With Special Applications to Hot-air, Gas by Robert Röntgen (1880)
"The available or disposable work for one second is equal to the pressure ps ... This equation gives a simple value for the disposable work in terms of the ..."

6. The Principles of Thermodynamics: With Special Applications to Hot-air, Gas by Robert Röntgen (1880)
"The available or disposable work for one second is equal to the pressure^, ... This equation gives a simple value for the disposable work in terms of the ..."

7. Pure Economics by Maffeo Pantaleoni (1898)
"Of the Remote Factors that determine the Curve of Degrees of Utility and the disposable Quantity of a Commodity. FROM the matters set forth in the last ..."

8. Projections of Education Statistics to 2006 by William J. Hussar (1997)
"Regression equations were used to develop the forecasts for current expenditures, with a measure of the state of the economy (disposable income per capita) ..."

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