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expediency

Translation

n [u]
(form)
conveniencia
interés
to operate on the basis of expediency
actuar por interés
oportunismo
(Definition of expediency n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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