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availability|əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next: see -bility.]
1. The quality of being available; capability of being employed or made use of.
1803W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. I. 439 It is not in celebrity..but in availability that he places importance. 1862R. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 224 The distance and difficulty of access to the minerals are formidable impediments to their availability.
b. spec. in U.S. ‘That qualification in a candidate which implies or supposes a strong probability of his success, apart from substantial merit,—a probability resulting from mere personal or accidental popularity.’ J. Inman in Bartlett Dict. Amer.
1848N.Y. Herald May (in Bartlett Dict. Amer.), Availability, not merit or qualifications, is the only requisite to secure a nomination. 1870Lowell Study Wind. 158 He was..nominated for his availability,—that is, because he had no history.
2. concr. That which is available.
1867O. W. Holmes Guard. Angel I. iv. 64 His list of possible availabilities in the matrimonial line. 1876Blackmore Cripps III. x. 170 Against the gate-post she settled her most substantial availability, and exerted it. |