English Dictionary

appurtenance

noun

That which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition. / (in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.

The swimming pool is considered an appurtenance to the hotel.

意味（1）

That which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition.

Indeed, that was as it should be; for she was only an appurtenance of my mattress, or self-acting bedstead on four castors.

意味（2）

(in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.

In the case of the urban consumer of nature writing, of course, the mud is to be hosed off one's mental Range Rover immediately one lifts one's eyes from the page and gives silent thanks for the civilised appurtenances of hot yoga and flat whites.

意味（3）

(law) A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.

It is well settled that a water right may pass with land as an appurtenance thereto, or as a parcel thereof.

意味（4）

(grammar) A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.

意味（5）

The state or quality of being an appurtenance.

Thus, these two characteristics — appurtenance and the lack of need for any act of acquisition - go together and depend upon each other; one is merely looking at different facets of the same thing.