Right ruling, uprightness. Obsolete.

The action or an act of dealing with a person or thing; treatment; management; spec. treatment in speech or writing, discussion.

The action or manner of conducting, directing, managing, or carrying on (any business, performance… of the business, or thing; or absol.

Dealing; having to do with; business. Scottish. Obsolete.

The action of order, v. (in various senses); (also) an instance of this.

Scottish. The action of arranging or putting in order; ordering, disposition; an instance of this, an arrangement, a settlement. Obsolete.

Scottish. Management or conduct of a matters or proceedings. Also: a plan or strategy for dealing with a particular matter. Obsolete.

Organization, supervision, or direction; the application of skill or care in the manipulation, use, treatment, or control (of a thing or person)…

Management or control of private affairs and interests, esp. as regards status or position. Cf. office politics n. at office, n. compounds 1.

figurative. A way of considering or handling something, esp. a problem.