availability
nounUK /əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ · US /əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
Etymology From available + -ity; attested since the early 1800s.
1
Usually The quality of being available.
- What is your availability this week?
- With an axleload of 16¾ tons they have a fairly wide [route] availability and they have been designed for ease of maintenance.1960 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553:
2
Usually That which is available.
- We have several availabilities.
- Synonyms
- availableness, accessibility
- Antonyms
- non-availability, nonavailability, unavailability
- Derived terms
- availability bias, availability cascade, availability heuristic, availability zone, bioavailability, general availability, geoavailability, high-availability, interavailability, low-availability, oral availability, phytoavailability, press availability