replacement

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an event in which one thing is substituted for another

   the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood

2. 2
   noun

   A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.

   Rovers lost keeper Robinson to a calf problem at half-time and his replacement Mark Bunn, making his Premier League debut, was immediately called into action - pushing away a vicious Peter Odemwingie drive at the near post.

3. 3
   noun

   The act of replacing something.

   The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one.

4. 4
   noun

   the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

5. 5
   noun

   a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

6. 6
   noun

   a person who follows next in order

7. 7
   noun

   someone who takes the place of another person

8. 8
   noun

   filling again by supplying what has been used up

Etymology

From replace + -ment.