AMENITY
(ə-mĕn'ĭ-tē, ə-mē'nĭ-)
n., pl., -ties.
1.The quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness.
2.Something that contributes to physical or material comfort.
3.A feature that increases attractiveness or value, especially of a piece of real estate or a geographic
location.
4.amenities Social courtesies.
[Middle English amenite, from Old French, from Latin amoenitās, from amoenus, pleasant.]
SYNONYMS amenity, comfort, convenience, facility. These nouns denote something that increases physical ease or facilitates work: an apartment with amenities like air conditioning; a suite with all the comforts of home; a kitchen with every convenience; a school with excellent facilities
Oxford Dictionary :amenity |
Oxford Dictionary :amenityTerm denoting, in a very broad way, the public benefits accruing from the condition of a place, such as aesthetic beauty, clean air and water, or good street lighting. The function of the concept of amenity is therefore to embrace those factors in a decision about environmental development which are excluded from, and sometimes in contradiction to, considerations of commercial productivity. |