availability

American  

[uh-vay-luh-bil-i-tee] / əˌveɪ ləˈbɪl ɪ ti /

Rarely availableness

noun

• availabilities
  plural

1. the fact or quality of being close at hand and ready for use.

   Children learn about the importance of reading and writing through the availability of a wide variety of books.

2. the fact or quality of being readily obtainable.

   Prices are subject to availability of the product at the time of ordering.

3. freedom or willingness to do something.

   League members selected as reserve players shall confirm their availability by signing the list on the notice board.

4. the fact or condition of not being involved in a romantic or sexual relationship and therefore being potentially open to one.

   Overall, he says, a man is more attracted to a woman by the signs of her availability than by her physical appearance.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• interavailability
  noun
• nonavailability
  noun
• unavailability
  noun
• unavailableness
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• availabilities
  plural

Etymology

Origin of availability

avail(able) ( def. ) + -ability ( def. )

Explanation

Something with availability is easy to get or to access. If you work at an ice cream shop, the availability of ice cream might make it hard to stick to a diet. The noun availability indicates that something is easily obtainable and ready for use. If you are thinking about renting a certain apartment, you might want to ask about the availability of parking spaces in the neighborhood before you sign a lease. You can use availability and accessibility almost interchangeably, as with this sentence: "The accessibility of the Internet has increased the availability of information."

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

availability availabilities

For context, the proposed 4.8 million metric tons is roughly 36 million barrels, or 400,000 barrels a day over three months — and delivery depends on refinery availability, said Babin.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Many farmers are "seriously worried" about the availability of potassium and compounds over the next year, Logan said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Tishman Speyer explained that the area "has one of the lowest office availability rates in Manhattan", adding: "Construction of new office supply in the neighbourhood has been virtually nonexistent for decades."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

“They said, ‘There’s some availability here that we can try to take advantage of.’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

If the availability of one species was reduced, they could gather and hunt more of other species.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

During Cabinet meetings, press availabilities in the Oval Office and a recent signing ceremony, he looks like he has fallen asleep.

From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2026

And then when we came out of COVID, we had many scheduling delays with availabilities with Jim and Timothée.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025

The interviews and press availabilities have been unusual by McConnell’s standards, though, in how freewheeling he’s been in taking questions and how openly he’s been dishing.

From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2024

Due to airport operation times and a lack of flight availabilities, they were accommodated in hotels in Bermuda over the festive period, a P&O spokeswoman said.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023

The central planning authorities formulate the ultimate annual plan by modifying individual contracts, where deemed necessary, in the light of official policies and anticipated availabilities of materials and other inputs.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier

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