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con·ven·ience (kən vēn′yəns)

noun

  1. the quality of being convenient; fitness or serviceability
  2. personal well-being; comfort
  3. a condition personally favorable or suitable; advantage
  4. anything that adds to one's comfort or saves work; useful, handy, or helpful device, article, service, etc.
  5. Brit. lavatory (sense )
Also Archaicconveniency con·ven′·iency (-yən sē)

Etymology: ME < L convenientia < convenire, convene

convenience Idioms

at one's convenience

at a time, or in a place or manner, suitable to one

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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