facility

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English facilite, from Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilitās. By surface analysis, facile +‎ -ity. Doublet of faculty. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fəˈsɪlɪti/ Rhymes: -ɪlɪti === Noun === facility (countable and uncountable, plural facilities) The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. [from 19th c.] A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation. The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity. [from 16th c.] Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: ease, knack; see also Thesaurus:skill (finance, banking) Clipping of credit facility. (Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet. [from 20th c.] (Scots law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest. (dated) Affability. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====