Tra từ courtesy - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cour·tesy [courtesy courtesies] noun, adjective BrE [ˈkɜːtəsi] NAmE [ˈkɜːrtəsi]
noun (pl. cour·tesies)
1. uncountable polite behaviour that shows respect for other people
Syn: ↑politeness
•I was treated with the utmost courtesy by the staff.
•We asked them, as a matter of courtesy, if we could photograph their house.
•It's only common courtesy to tell the neighbours that we'll be having a party (= the sort of behaviour that people would expect).
2. countable, usually plural (formal)a polite thing that you say or do when you meet people in formal situations
•an exchange of courtesies before the meeting

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cortesie, from corteis, based on Latin cohors ‘yard, retinue’.

Example Bank:
•He listened to all the complaints with great courtesy.
•It's a matter of courtesy to write and thank people after a party.
•It's common courtesy to give up your seat for elderly people.
•It's common courtesy to warn your neighbours if your children are going to have a party.
•She contacts clients regularly as a professional courtesy.
•She might have done me the courtesy of replying to my letter.
•You could at least have had the courtesy to let me know.
•her unfailing courtesy to everyone
•He bowed his head with exaggerated courtesy.
•It's only common courtesy to tell the neighbours that we'll be having a party.
•The prime minister was welcomed with the usual courtesies.
•We asked them as a matter of courtesy.
Idioms: ↑courtesy of somebody ▪ ↑do somebody the courtesy of doing something ▪ ↑have the courtesy to do something

adjective only before noun (of a bus, car, etc.)
provided free, at no cost to the person using it
•A courtesy bus operates between the hotel and the town centre.
•The dealer will provide you with a courtesy car while your vehicle is being repaired.

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cortesie, from corteis, based on Latin cohors ‘yard, retinue’.

See also: ↑by courtesy of somebody