facility

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The City's only contribution for the facility is the ground lease, allowing the City to concentrate on building a new Smith pool at Buford Middle School, which is expected to open in the fall of 2010.

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  1. noun Ease in moving, acting, or doing; aptitude: "an extreme facility in acquiring new dialects” (W.H. Hudson).
  2. noun Readiness to be persuaded; pliability.
  3. noun Something that facilitates an action or process. Often used in the plural. See Synonyms at amenity.
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  1. from French facilité = Spanish facilidad = Portuguese facilidade = Italian facilità, from Latin facilita(t-)s, easiness, ease, facility, from facilis, easy: see facile.
 

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