The current state of affairs

A cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone

A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

A trick by which someone is misled into acting contrary to their interests or intentions

Something that deceives

A group of people undertaking a particular activity together, especially a group of musicians, a team, or a business concern

Particular type of trick, misleading

A cunning trick or dishonest act, in particular one intended to avoid something unpleasant

The way in which something is placed or arranged, especially in relation to other things

A situation in which people lie in wait to make a surprise attack

(usually in plural form "conditions") The circumstances or factors affecting the way in which one lives or works

The point at which something is established

Systematic

Planned, considered or estimated in advance

Foundation

Date with an unknown person

An organized group of people with a particular purpose

A large company or group of companies authorized to act as a single entity and recognized as such in law

The organization or structure of something or for doing something

The things or parts which make up a whole

The composition of something

A thing arranged or set out in a particular way

The shape, size, and presentation of a book or periodical

A basic structure underlying a system, concept, or text

A commercial business

Any scheme or set of rules used to classify, explain, or calculate

A business organization, public institution, or household

A commercial operation or company

The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex

Something that might happen

A military or industrial establishment

Musical arrangement

The complex structure of a particular organization or system

A business organization; a company

A system or organization consisting of interdependent parts, compared to a living being

A business or company

An efficient and well-organized group of powerful people

A structure that is designed and built for a particular purpose

A secret and clever plan or trick

A business concern, especially one involving a partnership of two or more people

A dishonest or underhand arrangement

Following a set method, arrangement, or pattern

Being in a state of fitness for some experience or action

Having been established and usually not subject to change

The action of establishing an institution or organization

The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other

To set up on a long-term basis

To have set up on a long-term basis

(of an institution or organization) To establish or originate

To bring about or cause something to happen

To set up or establish

To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

To form by putting together parts or materials

Create, introduce

To design, create, or build

To plan out usually with subtle skill or care

To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking

To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

To arrange in working order

Authorize

To form by putting together parts or materials

To found or pioneer

To provide care; to help or encourage

To form by putting together parts or materials

Set up and fix in position

To have pioneered

To schedule an event or action

To arrange in advance

To create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting

To act in preparation for something

Arrange in a particular position

To accuse or blame

To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

To have designed with a new shape or form

To design with a new shape or form

To goad or urge forward

(of a settlement) To plan and begin the building of

To start or establish

To have started or established

Lift or move to a higher position or level

To arrange a specific time for (an event, a class, etc)

To have acted in preparation for something

To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place

Having a basis

To form by putting together parts or materials

One's position in relation to their circumstances