APPURTENANCE

PRONUNCIATION: (uh-PUHRT-uh-nuns)

MEANING: noun:
1. An accessory, equipment, gear, etc. associated with an activity or style of living.
2. A subordinate part.
3. In law, rights belonging to a principal property (for example, the right of way).

ETYMOLOGY: From Anglo-Norman apurtenance, from Latin appertinere (to appertain), from ad- (near) + pertinere (to belong), from per- (through) + tenere (to hold). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ten- (to stretch), which also gave us tense, tenet, tendon, tent, tenor, tender, pretend, extend, tenure, tetanus, hypotenuse, pertinacious, detente, countenance, distend, extenuate, and tenable. Earliest documented use: 1377.

NOTE: Appurtenance is not the opposite of purtenance, which means entrails of an animal.
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APPURTENANCY - just rented the apartment to Mr Appur

APP-URGENANCE - high pressure techniques to induce you to make purchases from your smartphone

AP: PURETEN ANTE - News flash: it'll cost you $10 to play at this poker table, and the bill has to be clean and unsullied