COURTESY

[`kɜːtɪsɪ]

учтивость, обходительность, вежливость, любезность; правила вежливости, этикет

courtesy: translation

▪ great, unfailing, utmost

▪ common, simple (esp. AmE)

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It's common courtesy to give up your seat for elderly people.

▪ professional

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She contacts clients regularly as a professional courtesy.

▪ do sb, have, show, treat sb with

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She might have done me the courtesy of replying to my letter.

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You could at least have had the courtesy to let me know.

▪ with courtesy

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He listened to all the complaints with great courtesy.

▪ courtesy to

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her unfailing courtesy to everyone

▪ a matter of courtesy

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It's a matter of courtesy to write and thank people after a party.

Courtesy is used with these nouns: ↑call, ↑title

courtesy: translation

▪ I. courtesy cour‧te‧sy ¹ [ˈkɜːtsi ǁ ˈkɜːr-] adjective [only before a noun]

provided free to a customer or to the public:

  [m0] ▪ II. courtesy courtesy ² noun

( by) courtesy of if something is provided by courtesy of someone, it is provided for free by them:

courtesy UK US /ˈkɜːtəsi/ noun [C or U]

► polite behaviour, or a polite action or remark: »

He was treated with courtesy and hospitality.

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I have written to the customer relations director twice but he has not had the courtesy to reply.

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As a courtesy, we will email you if there is any change to these arrangements.

● (by) courtesy of — Cf.courtesy of

courtesy UK US /ˈkɜːtəsi/ adjective [only before noun]

► provided at no cost: »

There is a courtesy bus provided to take you to the terminal.

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AA Insurance now offers a courtesy car until all claims are settled.

1. вежливость, учтивость, любезность, обходительность

2. pl знаки внимания

3. юр. пожизненные права вдовца на имущество умершей жены (тж. Courtesy of England или of Scotland)

4. арх. = curtsy I

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by /through/ courtesy of ... - благодаря любезности (кого-л.), с (чьего-л.) любезного разрешения

courtesy: translation

act of courtesy, act of grace, act of kindness, admiration, adoration, affability, amenity, amiability, apotheosis, appreciation, approbation, approval, attention, attentiveness, awe, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, benignity, blessing, breathless adoration, ceremony, chivalry, civility, clubbability, clubbishness, clubbism, comity, communicativeness, companionability, compatibility, complaisance, congeniality, considerateness, consideration, cordiality, correct deportment, courteousness, courtliness, deference, deification, discourtesy, dispensation, duty, elegance, esteem, estimation, etiquette, exaggerated respect, familiarity, favor, fondness for society, formality, friendliness, gallantry, geniality, good behavior, good citizenship, good deed, good manners, good offices, good turn, grace, graceful gesture, graciousness, great respect, gregariousness, hero worship, high regard, homage, honor, hospitality, idolatry, idolization, indulgence, intimacy, kind deed, kind offices, kindly act, kindness, labor of love, mercy, misbehavior, mitzvah, obligation, office, polite act, politeness, politesse, poor behavior, prestige, regard, respect, respectfulness, reverence, reverential regard, sanctioned behavior, service, sociability, sociableness, social grace, sociality, thoughtfulness, turn, urbanity, veneration, worship

courtesy [ˊkɜ:təsɪ] n

учти́вость, обходи́тельность, ве́жливость; пра́вила ве́жливости, этике́т;

by (the) courtesy of... благодаря́ любе́зности...

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courtesy title ти́тул, носи́мый по обы́чаю, а не по зако́ну (напр., honourable)

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• All doors /are/ open to courtesy - Добрые слова лучше мягкого пирога (Д)

• Courtesy costs nothing - Ласковое слово не трудно, да споро (Л)

• Courtesy never broke one's crown - От вежливых слов язык не отсохнет (O), Поклоном шеи не свихнешь (П)

• Fox is all courtesy and all craft (The) - Ласковый взгляд, да на сердце яд (Л)

• Full of courtesy, full of craft - Ласковый взгляд, да на сердце яд (Л), Мягко стелет, да жестко спать (M)

• Too much courtesy, too much craft - Говорит бело, а делает черно (Г), Ласковый взгляд, да на сердце яд (Л), Мягко стелет, да жестко спать (M), На языке медок, а на сердце ледок (H), Слово бело, да дело черно (C)

1) вежливость; правила вежливости; этикет

2) льгота, привилегия

3) право вдовца (при наличии детей) на пожизненное владение имуществом умершей жены

ист. куртуазность (система правил поведения при дворе или набор качеств, которыми должен обладать придворный в Средние века — раннее Новое время)