Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness.
- noun Something that contributes to physical or material comfort.
- noun A feature that increases attractiveness or value, especially of a piece of real estate or a geographic location.
- noun Social courtesies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being pleasant or agreeable in situation, prospect, climate, temper, disposition, manners, etc.; pleasantness; pleasingness; an affable manneṙ.
- noun That which is agreeable or pleasing.
- noun Amenity damages
- noun in Great Britain, damages given for the defacement of grounds, especially around dwelling houses, or for annoyance or loss of amenity, caused by the building of a railway, construction of public works, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Pleasantness . - noun A thing or
circumstance that iswelcome and makes life a littleeasier or morepleasant . - noun
Convenience . - noun cartography a unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But the amenity is still hard to come by for many U.S. fliers, despite a couple of airports that have recently announced that they're switching to the free model.
Airport Check-in: Free Wi-Fi on the rise, but it still isn't common 2010
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And with each new surcharge and each new item of clothing one is required to remove to board an airplane — and with every small-town commercial airport and cabin amenity that vanishes forever — the rails beckon.
Sunday Reading 2009
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Or do you dislike it simply because the building surface and the amenity is similar?
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A passenger amenity from the first commercial space flight shuttle (2 pts)
Foo/BarCamp + post-WIKI-ism Ben Barren 2005
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Grafton and Carroll counties — called "amenity counties" by demographers because their natural beauty attracts people to move there — grew 9% and 9.5% The only county to lose population was Coos, the northernmost county.
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The closest I had to an amenity was a soft towel and a full-length mirror.
Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010
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The closest I had to an amenity was a soft towel and a full-length mirror.
Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010
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The closest I had to an amenity was a soft towel and a full-length mirror.
Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010
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"It is not the most appropriate passenger facility and, indeed, we think we can create a cruise terminal in the bays precinct that offers passenger amenity, that is able to meet international passenger security standards and that provides a first-class, world facility."
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"A community service organization such as TelfairLife helps us to capture that intangible but most precious 'amenity' - a vibrant sense of community that makes each resident feel like they are part of something greater than their own household or street.
FortBendNow.com 2009
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