enjoyment

enjoyment
enjoy en‧joy [ɪnˈdʒɔɪ] verb [transitive]
1. LAW to use a legal right and benefit from it:

• Local producers enjoy tariff protection at home.

— enjoyment noun [uncountable] :

• Development of the golf course will not be permitted if it causes disruption to the public enjoyment of rights of way.

2. to experience something good such as high profits or increased sales:

• The company's computer division has enjoyed revenue growth this year.

• He claimed that oil companies enjoyed windfall profits as a result of the Gulf War.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • enjoyment — en·joy·ment n: personal benefit, use, or possession (as of rights or property) widows and widowers were relegated to lifetime enjoyment of the marital estates W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al.; specif: the receipt of the fruits or profits of property… …   Law dictionary

  • Enjoyment — En*joy ment, n. 1. The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate. [1913 Webster] 2. That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • enjoyment — [n1] delight in something amusement, delectation, diversion, enjoying, entertainment, fruition, fun, gladness, gratification, gusto, happiness, hedonism, indulgence, joy, loving, luxury, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, relish,… …   New thesaurus

  • enjoyment — 1550s, from ENJOY (Cf. enjoy) + MENT (Cf. ment) …   Etymology dictionary

  • enjoyment — delight, *pleasure, joy, delectation, fruition Analogous words: delighting, rejoicing, gratifying, regaling, gladdening, pleasing (see PLEASE): *happiness, felicity, bliss, beatitude: zest, relish, gusto, *taste Antonyms: abhorrence Contrasted… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • enjoyment — [en joi′mənt, injoi′mənt] n. 1. the act or state of enjoying; specif., a) the possession, use, or benefit of something b) a pleasurable experiencing of something 2. something enjoyed 3. pleasure; gratification; joy SYN. PLEASURE …   English World dictionary

  • enjoyment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, huge, real ▪ full, maximum ▪ A large income is not necessary for the full enjoyment of life. ▪ pure …   Collocations dictionary

  • enjoyment */ — UK [ɪnˈdʒɔɪmənt] / US noun Word forms enjoyment : singular enjoyment plural enjoyments 1) a) [uncountable] pleasure that you get from an activity or experience get enjoyment from something: He doesn t get any real enjoyment from dancing. Lisa ate …   English dictionary

  • enjoyment — n. 1) to give, provide enjoyment 2) to derive enjoyment from 3) full, great enjoyment * * * [ɪn dʒɔɪmənt] great enjoyment provide enjoyment full to derive enjoyment from to give …   Combinatory dictionary

  • enjoyment — en|joy|ment [ ın dʒɔımənt ] noun * 1. ) uncount pleasure that you get from an activity or experience: He doesn t get any real enjoyment from dancing. Lisa ate the cake with obvious enjoyment. their enjoyment of life a ) count something you enjoy… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • enjoyment — /en joy meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of enjoying. 2. the possession, use, or occupancy of anything with satisfaction or pleasure: to have the enjoyment of a large income. 3. a particular form or source of pleasure: Hunting is his greatest enjoyment. 4 …   Universalium

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