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noun

Conveniency, Convenience n.

The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. "Let's further think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape." "With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment."

Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation. "Thus necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow chairs." "We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own conveniency."

That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation. "A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences."

A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Convenience" Quotes from Famous Books

... time to realize this because they were not taking the book scenes in their sequence. They took them according to light, convenience, location. Indoor scenes were taken in one group, so that the end of the story might often be the first to ...

— Gigolo • Edna Ferber

... easy stages, the party reached Valcartier, Pauline was sufficiently strong to step out of the carriage, with the support of her father and Batoche. A proper house was chosen at a little distance from the hamlet, and all the arrangements were made for the convenience of the sojourners. Batoche remained with them two days, endearing himself still more to both, if that were possible, by his kind, intelligent attentions. When he was on the point of departure, Pauline said ...

— The Bastonnais - Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 • John Lesperance

... in wages, rents are able to move forward because the workers can afford to pay a little more. If the opening of a new railway or a new tramway, or the institution of an improved service of workmen's trains, or the lowering of fares, or a new invention, or any other public convenience affords a benefit to the workers in any particular district, it becomes easier for them to live, and therefore the landlord and the ground landlord, one on top of the other, are able to charge them more for the privilege of living there." ...

— Socialism As It Is - A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement • William English Walling

... when you see me. I'm the captain's butler, sir—Jenkins. He cabled back to give you the entire run of the house as long as you desired it. He advised me to notify you that he had also prepared his banker against your arrival. Have your luggage sent here at once, sir. Dinner will be at your convenience." ...

— The Drums Of Jeopardy • Harold MacGrath

... says Baxter, "I began a Tuesday lecture at Mr. Turner's church, in New Street, near Fetter Lane, with great convenience and God's encouraging blessing; but I never took a penny for it from any one." The chapel in which Baxter officiated in Fetter Lane is that between Nevil's Court and New Street, once occupied by the Moravians. It appears to ...

— Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury

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