Arrangement Make əˈreɪndʒmənt Extra Examples Things Noun Travel

• travel and accommodation arrangements have been finalized.
• i'll make arrangements for you to be met at the airport.
• she's happy with her unusual living arrangements.
• new security arrangements

arrangement

1. a plan or preparation that you make so that something can happen
• Travel and accommodation arrangements have been finalized.
• I'll make arrangements for you to be met at the airport.

Extra Examples

• All her careful arrangements had been upset!
• Arrangements for the funeral are complete.
• It may be necessary to make alternative arrangements.
• We are just discussing the final arrangements for the concert.
• I'll leave the practical arrangements to you.
• My parents were busy making last-minute arrangements for the wedding.
• We'll let you know when we have completed the arrangements for delivery.
• The catering arrangements for the conference fell through at the last minute.
2. the way things are done or organized
• She's happy with her unusual living arrangements.
• new security arrangements
• There are special arrangements for people working overseas.
• Their domestic arrangements were considered unconventional at the time.
3. an agreement that you make with somebody that you can both accept
• We can come to an arrangement over the price.
• an arrangement between the school and the parents
• Guided tours are available by prior arrangement with the museum.
• They worked out an arrangement with another company to handle things.
• They had an arrangement that the children would spend two weeks with each parent.

Extra Examples

• As far as I know the arrangement still stands.
• It's purely a business arrangement—there's no need to get emotionally involved.
• an arrangement between the two men
• She made an arrangement with her employer whereby she worked a reduced number of hours.
• The company has a special arrangement with the bank.
• The couple have an arrangement by which they each contribute equally to the cost of the house.
• Under this arrangement you can pay for the goods over a longer period.
• Joint custody arrangements do not work for all parents.
• Flexible working arrangements are catching on.
4. a group of things that are organized or placed in a particular order or position; the act of placing things in a particular order
• plans of the possible seating arrangements
• the art of flower arrangement

Extra Examples

• The room was laid out in a traditional arrangement.
• Who did this beautiful flower arrangement?
• a complex arrangement of rods and cogs
• You can change the arrangement of the furniture if you want.
• Even the physical arrangement of the classroom can influence the way children learn.
5. a piece of music that has been changed, for example for another instrument to play
• an arrangement of a Mozart aria for clarinet and piano