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1) the scientific study of the structure and distribution of plants (botany)

2) the buying, selling and distribution of goods (especially between countries) (commerce)

3) the scientific study of the production, sale, distribution and use of goods and wealth (economics)

4) (a particular kind of) work in factories, mines etc to manufacture, obtain, things (contrasted with distribution and commerce); (the quality of) working long and hard (industry)

5) a printed sheet (sometimes folded) with announcements etc, especially one for free distribution (leaflet)

6) a supply or store of goods available for sale, distribution or use, especially goods kept by a trader or shopkeeper (stock)

7) a building for storing goods before distribution to retailers (warehouse)

8) the scientific study of the structure, forms and distribution of animals (zoology)

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administration

the control or management of the affairs of a government, business or organization

management of an organization or effort

classification

the process of classifying or being classified

categorization

composition

the act or art of composing e.g. a piece of writing or music

structure, arrangement

dispensation

the act of distributing

allocation of supply

division

the process of dividing or being divided

separation, disconnection

dole

to receive / begin to receive weekly payment from the State as an unemployed person

allowance, allocation

order

the careful way in which things are placed in relation to one another; a request to supply goods; a written instruction (especially to a bank or post office) to pay money, or giving authority

arrangement, organization

partition

the division (e.g. of a country) into parts ; something that separates or divides, e.g. a thin wall between rooms

divider, division

proportion

the relation of one thing to another in quantity, size etc; relation of a part to the whole

relative amount, size of part to whole

publicity

the state of being known to, seen by, everyone

promotion of something, someone

radiation

the act of radiating; something radiated: 'radiations emitted by an X-ray apparatus'

dissemination

ration

a fixed quantity or share, especially of food, allowed to one person or group; to limit (food, water etc)

allotment of limited supply

sequence

a connected series of events, ideas etc

series, order

severance

severance pay' = money paid to an employee, e.g. when a contract has ended

division

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