convenience

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
convenience/kənˈviːniəns/
noun
  • 1 freedom from effort or difficulty.

    ■ a useful or helpful device or situation.

  • 2 Brit. a public toilet.
– phrases
at one's convenience when or where it suits one.
at one's earliest convenience as soon as one can without difficulty.
– derivatives
conveniency noun (rare).
– origin ME: from L. convenientia, from convenient-, convenire (see convene).
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