-jmənt noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Middle French arengement, from arengier + -ment
1.
a. : the act or action of arranging or putting in correct, convenient, or desired order
there was time only for the quickest arrangement of mind — Jane Austen
b. : the quality or state of being arranged or put in order
2. : the style, manner, or way in which things are arranged : order , system
was shocked at the helter-skelter arrangement of the papers — Jean Stafford
3. : a preliminary step or measure : preparation , plan — usually used in plural
when the emigration to America was decided upon, he was one of four to complete the arrangement s — R.G.Usher
4.
a. : a structure or combination of things arranged in a particular way or for a specific purpose : combination
this does not prevent his paintings from being handsome aesthetic arrangements — Encounter
the church was decorated with arrangements of roses and snapdragons
b. : contrivance , affair , thing
the machine was powered by a man who pumped a bicycle arrangement
5.
a. : adaptation by rescoring of a musical composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written
b. : a piece so adapted
an orchestral arrangement of a song
6.
a. : a settlement or adjustment especially of a dispute or claim
I'm in a very delicate position but I'll fall in with any arrangement Thespis may propose — W.S.Gilbert
b.
(1) : a mutual agreement or understanding (as between persons or nations)
nothing … precludes the existence of regional arrangements or agencies — Vera M. Dean
(2) : an agreement between a debtor and his creditors modifying his obligations to them
7. : permutation 3