availability

The quality of being available.

Noun

  1. The quality of being available.
    • What is your availability this week?
    • With an axleload of 16¾ tons they have a fairly wide [route] availability and they have been designed for ease of maintenance. - 1960 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway:...
  2. That which is available.
    • We have several availabilities.

Origin

From available + -ity; attested since the early 1800s.

Forms

availabilities

Synonyms

availableness accessibility

Antonyms

non-availability nonavailability unavailability

Derived

availability bias availability cascade availability heuristic availability zone bioavailability general availability geoavailability high-availability interavailability low-availability oral availability phytoavailability press availability