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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ESTAB'LISHMENT, n. The act of establishing, founding, ratifying or ordaining.
1. Settlement;; fixed state.
2. Confirmation; ratification of what has been settled or made.
3. Settled regulation; form; ordinance; system of laws; constitution of government.
Bring in that establishment by which all men should be contained in duty.
4. Fixed or stated allowance for subsistence; income; salary.
His excellency--might gradually lessen your establishment.
5. That which is fixed or established; as a permanent military force, a fixed garrison, a local government, an agency, a factory, etc. The king has establishments to support, in the four quarters of the globe.
6. The episcopal form of religion, so called in England.
7. Settlement or final rest.
We set up our hopes and establishment here.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" [syn: constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation]
2: an organization founded and united for a specific purpose [syn: institution, establishment]
3: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn: administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation]
4: a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
5: any large organization
6: (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat [syn: establishment, ecesis]
7: the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof [syn: establishment, validation]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. something established: as a. a settled arrangement; especially a code of laws b. established church c. a permanent civil or military organization d. a place of business or residence with its furnishings and staff e. a public or private institution 2. an established order of society: as a. often capitalized a group of social, economic, and political leaders who form a ruling class (as of a nation) b. often capitalized a controlling group <the literary establishment> 3. a. the act of establishing b. the state of being established

U.S. Military Dictionary

(*) An installation, together with its personnel and equipment, organized as an operating entity. See also activity; base; equipment.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of establishing; the process of being established. 2 a a business organization or public institution. b a place of business. c a residence. 3 a the staff or equipment of an organization. b a household. 4 any organized body permanently maintained for a purpose. 5 a Church system organized by law. 6 (the Establishment) a the group in a society exercising authority or influence, and seen as resisting change. b any influential or controlling group (the literary Establishment).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Establishment Es*tab"lish*ment, n. [Cf. OF. establissement, F. ['e]tablissement.] 1. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation. 2. The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state. 3. That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment. Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment. --W. Irving. Establishment of the port (Hydrography), a datum on which the tides are computed at the given port, obtained by observation, viz., the interval between the moon's passage over the meridian and the time of high water at the port, on the days of new and full moon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(establishments) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The establishment of an organization or system is the act of creating it or beginning it. (FORMAL) His ideas influenced the establishment of National Portrait Galleries in London and Edinburgh. = creation N-SING: usu N of n 2. An establishment is a shop, business, or organization occupying a particular building or place. (FORMAL) ...a scientific research establishment. ...shops and other commercial establishments. N-COUNT: usu with supp 3. You refer to the people who have power and influence in the running of a country, society, or organization as the establishment. Shopkeepers would once have been pillars of the Tory establishment... N-SING: usu the N in sing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Establishing. See the verb, in all its senses. 2. Institution, organization for work (of any kind or business). 3. Domestic arrangements, household ménage. 4. Allowance, stipend, income, subsistence, salary.

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