press avail en · NOUN
Etymology
Shortening of press availability, itself a shortening of "press availability session". First recorded in early 1990s.
Meanings
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(US) Clipped compound of press availability.
"There won't be a press avail," she explained briskly about Clinton's first stop at - where else - the Italian Market. "It'll basically be a photo op."
1992 April 18, Craig R. McCoy, “A Campaign Juggernaut Jaunts Through Phila.”, in Philadelphia Inquirer, page A4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| press avails | Number=Plur | lexicographic |