bundobust

noun /ˈbʌndəbʌst/

1. A system of discipline; organisation, arrangement, preparation.

   countable, uncountable

   He was proud of his faculty of organisation—what we call bundobust.

Where it comes from

From Hindustani بند و بست (band-o-bast) / बंदोबस्त (bandobast), from Classical Persian بند و بست (band-u-bast, “tying and binding”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry bundobust (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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