0 a plan for how something will happen:
They'd made all the arrangements for the party.
[ + to infinitive ] Arrangements were made to move the prisoners to another jail.
[ + that ] We had an arrangement that he would clean the house and I would cook.
I'm sure we can come to an arrangement (= reach an agreement).
You can only withdraw money from this account by (prior) arrangement (= after making plans to do so) with the bank.
1 a group of objects that have been put in a particular order or position:
2 a piece of music that has had changes made to it so that it can be played in a different way, especially by different instruments:
3 a plan for how the parts of a piece of music can be played by a particular instrument or instruments:
4 a particular way in which things are put together or placed:
a flower arrangement
5 a plan or preparation for something, esp. for something to happen in a particular way:
6 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 complicated arrangements to avoid paying tax.
7 a formal agreement between two companies, groups, or people, which provides an advantage to each:
This is a mutually beneficial arrangement for both companies.
distribution/marketing/purchasing/supply arrangement
arrangement with sb In the company's attempts to cut costs it has ended its arrangement with its biggest supplier.
8 a formal agreement that allows someone who is having difficulty paying a debt to pay it back over a longer period of time or to pay back only a part of the total amount
He has some special arrangement with his supplier, which means he's able to sell his goods more cheaply.
The organizers failed to make the necessary arrangements for dealing with so many people.
Seeing that he wasn't happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.
The proportion of the workforce with nonstandard arrangements rose from 26 percent in 1990 to 32 percent in 2001.
Table 4 shows that between 1993 and 1998, the most important changes in living arrangements affected those aged 75 or more years.
Expectations with regard to child-care arrangements indicate that reciprocity and solidarity play out against each other.
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計劃, 安排, 籌劃…
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acuerdo, acuerdo [masculine], arreglo [masculine]…
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