Easement

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈiːzmənt/

Etymology

From Old French aisement.

Noun

Wikipedia

Singular Easement

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Easement ({{{1}}})

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, ...

Translations

Legal right to use another person's property

Finnish: rasite, rasiteoikeus

Relief, easing

Finnish: helpotus fi(fi)

Shed, small outbuilding

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