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Office & Administration vocabulary · Scheduling & Calendars

Availability check

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, availability check means: A quick review of calendars, rooms, or resources to see whether they are free at a certain time.

In Turkish: uygunluk kontrolü

How it is used

Common in scheduling, reception, and travel planning before confirming meetings, appointments, rooms, or transport.

Example sentences

  1. Please do an availability check for Thursday afternoon before I confirm the interview panel with the candidate.

    Here, the term means checking several people's schedules first so the meeting is only confirmed when everyone is free.

  2. The assistant ran an availability check on the boardroom and the projectors before sending the calendar invite.

    In this sentence, the term covers both room and equipment status, not just people's calendar entries.

Common collocations

  • run an availability check
  • availability check request
  • calendar availability check
  • availabilityThe 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.
  • 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.

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