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disposable
disposable income
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disposition
dispositive
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dispossess
dis·pos·sess [ dìspə zéss ] (past and past participle dis·pos·sessed, present participle dis·pos·ses·sing, 3rd person present singular dis·pos·sess·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
take possession away from somebody: to deprive somebody of the possession or occupancy of something, especially property
[15th century. < Old French despossesser< possesser (see possess)]

dis·pos·ses·sor noun
dis·pos·ses·so·ry adjective
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