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Availability

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

/əˌveɪləˈbɪləti/nounCore term

In office & administration, availability means: The times when a person is free to meet or work, or the fact that a room, product or service can still be used or booked.

In Turkish: müsaitlik, uygunluk, boş yer durumu

How it is used

Very common when arranging meetings: "Please let me know your availability for next week." Calendar tools show availability as free and busy times. Hotels and venues say "We have no availability on those dates."

Example sentences

  1. Could you let me know your availability for a 30-minute call next week?

  2. I checked the hotel's availability, and they only have two rooms left for those nights.

Common collocations

  • check availability
  • let me know your availability
  • subject to availability
  • availability for
  • calendarA record of a person's or team's meetings, appointments and events, usually kept in software that colleagues can see and add meetings to.
  • time slotA fixed period of time in a schedule that is available for, or given to, a particular meeting, call, visit or activity.
  • scheduleTo arrange for a meeting, call or task to happen at a particular date and time, and usually to add it to a calendar.
  • double-bookedHaving two meetings or appointments arranged for the same time, or describing a room reserved for two groups at once by mistake.

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