arrangement

Universal Words noun 1 [C,usually pl.] ~ (for sth) a plan or preparation that you make so that sth can happen: travel arrangements * I'll make arrangements for you to be met at the airport. 2 [C,usually pl.] 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. 3 [C,U] ~ (with sb) (to do sth) an agreement that you make with sb that you can both accept: an arrangement between the school and the parents * We can come to an arrangement over the price. * They had an arrangement that the children would spend two weeks with each parent. * You can cash cheques here by prior arrangement with the bank. 4 [C,U] 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 * a class on the art of flower arrangement 5 [C,U] a piece of music that has been changed, for example for another instrument to play