fixture

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.

   The residence was sold with fixtures and fittings.

2. 2
   noun

   A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.

   I had to tell her all about my illness, and in return I had to endure a very long and circumstantial account of her rheumatism and her asthmatical ailments, which fortunately was interrupted by the noisy arrival of the children from the kitchen, where they had paid a visit to old Stine, a fixture in the house.

3. 3
   verb

   To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.

   The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.

4. 4
   verb

   To schedule (a match).

   Other items to be discussed include fixturing from 2012 onwards, preparations for this year's scheduled Champions Trophy and the Indian Cricket League's bid for recognition from the ICC.

5. 5
   noun

   the act of putting something in working order again

6. 6
   noun

   an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)

7. 7
   noun

   the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment

8. 8
   noun

   a regular patron

Etymology

Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.