a. [ From Dispose. ] Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a disposable surplus. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. designed to be disposed of after use; -- of articles of commerce. The term implies that it is less expensive to manufacture a new one than to clean and recycle the used item to make it fit for use again; as, disposable dishes; disposable diapers; disposable gloves. Opposite of reusable.
Syn. -- throwaway(predicate), non-reusable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Economics) that portion of income which is available for spending on discretionary purchases; for individuals, it is usually calculated as total income less taxes. National disposable income, which is the disposable income of all individuals and businesses, is calculated as total national income minus taxes plus transfer payments. Dornbusch and Fischer (Macroeconomics) [ PJC ]

n. [ From Dispose. ] 1. The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

The execution leave to high disposal. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a disposal of property. [ 1913 Webster ]

A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sole and absolute disposal of him an his concerns. South.

Syn. -- Disposition; dispensation; management; conduct; government; distribution; arrangement; regulation; control. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To bargain; to make terms. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She had disposed with Cæsar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disposed p. pr. & vb. n. Disposing. ] [ F. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to place. See Pose. ] 1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who hath disposed the whole world? Job xxxiv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

All ranged in order and disposed with grace. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest themselves in troops did else dispose. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine. [ 1913 Webster ]

The knightly forms of combat to dispose. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Importuned him that what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object. [ 1913 Webster ]

Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose
To future good our past and present woes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dispose of. (a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. [ 1913 Webster ] Freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons. Locke. (b) To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one's time. [ 1913 Webster ] More water . . . than can be disposed of. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ] I have disposed of her to a man of business. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ] A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize. Waller.

Syn. -- To set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate; adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But such is the dispose of the sole Disposer of empires. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior; demeanor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath a person, and a smooth dispose
To be suspected. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. 1. Inclined; minded. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he was disposed to pass into Achaia. Acts xviii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inclined to mirth; jolly. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Well disposed, in good condition; in good health. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination; propensity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disposal. [ Obs. ] Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Absolute lord and disposer of all things. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]