Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - courtesy
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Courtesy
courtesy
~ n 1 polite behaviour that shows that you have respect for other people (Lack of courtesy is sometimes seen as a disease of modern day society.) (- opposite discourtesy) 2 something you do or say in order to be polite (The managers exchanged courtesies before getting down to business.) 3 by courtesy of/courtesy of by the permission or kindness of someone rather than by paying them (Paul had his own flat and sports car courtesy of his celebrity father.)
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(courtesies) 1. Courtesy is politeness, respect, and consideration for others. (FORMAL) ...a gentleman who behaves with the utmost courtesy towards ladies... He did not even have the courtesy to reply to my fax. = politeness N-UNCOUNT 2. If you refer to the courtesy of doing something, you are referring to a polite action. (FORMAL) By extending the courtesy of a phone call to my clients, I was building a personal relationship with them... N-SING: usu the N of -ing/n 3. Courtesies are polite, conventional things that people say in formal situations. (FORMAL) N-COUNT: usu pl 4. Courtesy is used to describe services that are provided free of charge by an organization to its customers, or to the general public. A courtesy shuttle bus operates between the hotel and the town. ...a courtesy phone. ADJ: ADJ n 5. A courtesy call or a courtesy visit is a formal visit that you pay someone as a way of showing them politeness or respect. The President paid a courtesy call on Emperor Akihito. ADJ: ADJ n 6. A courtesy title is a title that someone is allowed to use, although it has no legal or official status. Both were accorded the courtesy title of Lady... N-UNCOUNT: N n, by N 7. If something is provided courtesy of someone or by courtesy of someone, they provide it. You often use this expression in order to thank them. The waitress brings over some congratulatory glasses of champagne, courtesy of the restaurant... PREP-PHRASE 8. If you say that one thing happens courtesy of another or by courtesy of another, you mean that the second thing causes or is responsible for the first thing. The air was fresh, courtesy of three holes in the roof... As millions will have seen, by courtesy of the slow motion re-runs, the referee made a mistake. PREP-PHRASE ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural -sies) Etymology: Middle English corteisie, from Anglo-French curteisie, from curteis Date: 13th century 1. a. courteous behavior b. a courteous act or expression 2. a. general allowance despite facts ; indulgence hills called mountains by ~ only b. consideration, cooperation, and generosity in providing something (as a gift or privilege); also agency, means — used chiefly in the phrases through the ~ of or by ~ of or sometimes simply ~ of II. adjective Date: 1613 granted, provided, or performed as a ~ or by way of ~ made a ~ call on the ambassador ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 courteous behaviour; good manners. 2 a courteous act. 3 archaic = CURTSY. Phrases and idioms by courtesy by favour, not by right. by courtesy of with the formal permission of (a person etc.). courtesy light a light in a car that is switched on by opening a door. courtesy title a title held by courtesy, usu. having no legal validity, e.g. a title given to the heir of a duke etc. Etymology: ME f. OF curtesie, co(u)rtesie f. curteis etc. COURTEOUS ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. вежливость, учтивость, любезность, обходительность courtesy call —- визит вежливости; протокольный визит 2. pl. знаки внимания thanks for all your courtesies —- спасибо за все то внимание, которое вы мне оказывали 3. юр. пожизненные права вдовца на имущество умершей жены 4. уст. реверанс, приседание to make a courtesy —- сделать реверанс to make one's courtesy to the queen —- быть представленной ко двору Id: by courtesy of... —- благодаря любезности (кого-л.); с любезного разрешения Id: the picture was lent to us by courtesy of the Hermitage —- картина демонстрируется в нашей галерее с любезного разрешения Эрмитажа Id: reproduction by courtesy of... —- репродукция с разрешения (автора) Id: title by courtesy —- "титул учтивости", титул, носимый по обычаю и не дающий права на членство в палате лордов ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun учтивость, обходительность, вежливость; правила вежливости, этикет by (the) courtesy of... - благодаря любезности.. as a matter of courtesy - в порядке любезности courtesy title - титул, носимый по обычаю, a не по закону (напр., honourable) courtesy of the port - освобождение от таможенного осмотра багажа ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 12c., from O.Fr. curtesie, from curteis "courteous," from curt "court" (see court). A specialized sense of cortesie is the source of Eng. curtsey. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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