Word Finder - convenience

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The quality of being convenient.

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Fast food is popular because of its cost and convenience.

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Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.

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A convenient time.

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We will come over and begin the work at your convenience.

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Clipping of public convenience: a public lavatory.

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To make convenient

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These are equally viable times and I propose we alternate between the two times in order to convenience as many people as possible.

For convenience the judge often sits at the royal courts of justice.

This triangle, for the convenience of calculation, we divide into two right-angled triangles.

I will honor my end of the bargain at my convenience, not yours!

There is a small hotel on the summit for the convenience of tourists, especially of those anxious to witness sunrise.

Either as a soldier or a merchant, he found his way to Jerusalem, where a hospice had for some time existed for the convenience of those who wished to visit the holy places.

The restaurant offers the customers the convenience of placing their order online.

They are located near the interstate, for convenience.

Village roads, being for the convenience of local districts alone, are maintained at the expense of such districts under the general supervision of the corresponding prefecture.

In the university most of the textbooks used are English, nevertheless many of the lectures are still delivered in Italian - for the convenience of some professors or to please the politicians, rather than for the benefit of the students.

To suit the convenience of the parliament, however, it removed to Edinburgh; Henderson was elected moderator of the Edinburgh meeting.

The convenience also with which the energy of waterfalls can be converted into electric energy has led to the introduction of chemical industries into countries and districts where, owing to the absence of coal, they were previously unknown.

The superiority, so far as the convenience of passengers is concerned, of an elevated over an underground railway, when both are worked by steam locomotives, and the great economy and rapidity of construction, led to the quick development and extension of this general design.

This system has the advantage of the greatest convenience in operation, no lifts being required, since the distance from the street surface to the station platform is about 12 to 15 ft.; it has the disadvantages, however, of necessitating the tearing up of the street surface during construction, and the readjustment of sewer, water, gas and electric mains and other subsurface structures, and of having the gradients partially dependent on the surface topography.

In these circumstances the administration of public affairs fell into the hands of an oligarchy, who governed the country to suit their own convenience.

The restaurant offers catering and delivery for customers' convenience.

To her, a telephone was a necessity, not a convenience.

I was going to the convenience store where other people are.

As for pasta, you get the convenience of choosing among penne, ravioli, fettuccine, spaghetti, tortelloni, risotto, gnocchi, cappellini or linguini, and whatever sauce you want to top it.

It follows that the pressure of a fluid requires to be calculated in one direction only, chosen as the simplest direction for convenience.

Far otherwise was it with the church which was formed originally at Gainsborough (?1602), by " professors " trained under zealous Puritan clergy in the district where Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire meet, but which about 1606 reorganized itself for reasons of convenience into two distinct churches, meeting at Gainsborough and in Scrooby Manor House.

The common feature is finding means to reduce cars on the road while still offering a high degree of convenience to the individual.

It's the ultimate in convenience shopping.

Some adjustable grill models also have an arm that allows you to swing your food in and out of the flames, for greater control and serving convenience.

Baja, or Lower California, is divided into two districts for administrative convenience.

It is a full vestment of the type of the Western bell chasuble; but, instead of being cut away at the sides, it is for convenience' sake either gathered up or cut short in front.

The necessity for defence from hostile attacks, economy of space and convenience of access from one part of the community to another, by degrees dictated a more compact and orderly arrangement of the buildings of a monastic coenobium.

Believing himself secure behind this screen, he advanced from Vitry along the roads leading down the valley of the Marne, with his columns widely separated for convenience of subsistence and shelter - the latter being almost essential in the terrible weather prevailing.

Roads specially constructed for the convenience of irrigation, pasturage, mines, factories, &c., in accordance with measures determined by the people of the locality.

Partly to counteract any tendency to buckling under compression and partly for convenience in assembling a great mass of plates, the top and bottom were made cellular, the cells being just large enough to permit passage for painting.

It is true that for two centuries and a half a considerable body of verse has been currently known by his name; but among modern scholars the use of the customary designation is merely a matter of convenience, and does not imply any belief in the correctness of the attribution.

But, as has been already said, the scholars and theologians had less influence in the beginning of the English Reformation than the mere lay politicians, whose anti-clerical tendencies chanced to fit in with King Henrys convenience when he quarrelled with the papacy.

That honour could henceforth be conferred upon any place in the Roman world which might suit the convenience of the emperor, or serve more efficiently the interests he had to guard.

The relation in which they stand to the categories or pure notions is ambiguous; and, when Kant has to consider the fashion in which category and data of sense are to be brought together, he merely places side by side as a priori elements the pure connective notions and the pure forms of perception, and finds it, apparently, only a matter of contingent convenience that they should harmonize with one another and so render cognition possible.

Then they told him dinner would be served directly and he replied that they could not serve it too quickly to suit his convenience.

Personally, for convenience and cost, I 'm amazed it has n't rendered dating in Dallas utterly redundant.

For the sake of convenience, firms may wish to set a general limit of £ 9,400 for the calendar year 2003.

Within 34 years, the convenience store, corner shop and traditional market has seen lost market share to the superstore chains.

As a matter of statistical convenience it has been traditional to use what are called workforce based rates.

This cutting edge technology is equipped with a 10.4 touchscreen LCD monitor, providing the ultimate in convenience for all family members.

It protects them from the hard unpleasantness of life while changing its place and shape to suit their convenience.

Links to working examples of remotely hosted webmaster tools are provided where available for your convenience.

Please fill out each pro forma report at your soonest convenience.

Expectations are not too high, everyone knows it's a relationship of convenience and both sides recognize that they need to deliver or they'll get dropped like a stone.

When deciding where to take your baby for his or her first professional photos, consider your budget and the convenience and style of the studio.

Target and Wal-Mart offer unbeatable prices and convenience, and these retailers have a decent selection in the store and a larger selection online.

Rechargeable batteries give you the convenience of full-charged batteries, while saving you money to buy new ones.

Busy food stores and takeaways will want to buy in bulk as this offers cost savings as well as the convenience of having plenty of food boxes on hand.

Jimmy Coco's tanning method of choice is the spray tan, and for your convenience, it can be done by a pro at your home or office.

And your shoes are shipped directly to your door for the ultimate in convenience.

These early forays into digital imaging serve as original blueprints for the convenience of today's devices.