(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.

Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended. / Affording short-term benefit, often at the expense of the long-term. / Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.

A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

plural of expediency

plural of expedience

(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case. / Speed, haste or urgency.

plural of expedient

In an expedient manner

(rare, historical) To injure (a dog) by cutting away the pads of the forefeet, thereby preventing it from hunting.

(obsolete) Expeditious.