单词 | easement |
释义 | easement (once / 26863 pages) 1n 2n An easement is the right to use someone else's land. If you come home to find your neighbors having a party in your backyard, perhaps they have an easement to use it — although most likely they’re just rude. If someone has an easement on your land, they have a right to use or cross your land without your permission. For example, there may be a plot of land the military needs to move troops across. With an easement, the military can cross this land legally, even though the owner may not like it. Evidently, this practice has been going on for centuries; scholars think this word has been in use since the 1400s. WORD FAMILYeasement: easements+/ease: eased, easement, eases, easing, unease/easing: easings USAGE EXAMPLESArmy Corps of Engineers agreed to withdraw the easement in order to conduct another environmental review. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The company wants an easement through Otis State Forest in Sandisfield to expand an existing pipeline. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) It is providing easements to let visitors cross onto the trail while the city lays utility lines. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1 n (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land) 2Hypo|Hyper public easement any easement enjoyed by the public in general (as the public's right to use public streets) right of waythe privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else exclusive right, perquisite, prerogative, privilege a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) n the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) Syn|Hypo|Hyper alleviation, easing, relief spasmolysis the relaxation or relief of muscle spasms detentethe easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations) palliationeasing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause liberalisation, liberalization, relaxationthe act of making less strict decompressing, decompressionrelieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down the act of decreasing or reducing something |
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