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English

Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /�i�zm�nt/

Etymology
From OF. aisement.

Noun
wikipedia|easement|easement (law)
en-noun

1. law legal|Legal right to use another person's property

#:*The power company has an easement to put their poles along the edge of this land.

1. archaic relief|Relief, easing.

#*1666, John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to Chief of Sinners
#*:This therefore was a great easement to my mind, to wit, that my sin was pardonable,...

1. archaic shed|Shed, a small outbuilding.

#*1888, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
#*:Now at that time all the cabinets of easement were full of people, nor did one remain vacant, ...

Translations
trans-top|Legal right to use another person's property
Finnish: rasite, rasiteoikeus
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trans-top|Relief, easing
Finnish: helpotus
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trans-top|Shed, small outbuilding
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