Hypertext Webster Gateway: "availability"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Availability \A*vail`a*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Availabilities}.
1. The quality of being available; availableness.
Note: The word is sometimes used derogatively in the sense of
``mere availableness,'' or capability of success
without regard to worthiness.
He was . . . nominated for his availability.
--Lowell.
2. That which is available.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
availability
n : the quality of being at hand when needed [syn: {handiness},
{accessibility}, {availableness}] [ant: {inaccessibility},
{inaccessibility}]
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