easement

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations

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• (US) IPA: /ˈiːzmənt/

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From Old French aisement.

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easement (plural easements)

1. (law) Legal right to use another person's property

   • The power company has an easement to put their poles along the edge of this land.

2. (archaic) Relief, easing.
   • 1666, John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to Chief of Sinners

     This therefore was a great easement to my mind, to wit, that my sin was pardonable,...

3. (archaic) Shed, a small outbuilding.
   • 1888, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

     Now at that time all the cabinets of easement were full of people, nor did one remain vacant, ...

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