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Definition of Arrangement
Arrangement

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linnaean arrangement of plants.

Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company.

Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.

The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.

A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.

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Arrangement Quotations

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
Thomas Jefferson

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.
Mason Cooley

Arrangement Translations

arrangement in Danish is indbo
arrangement in Dutch is akkoord, maatregel
arrangement in German is Abmachung {f}, Anordnung {f}
arrangement in Italian is ordinamento, ordine, allegato
arrangement in Norwegian is ordning
arrangement in Portuguese is arranjo


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