■ noun
1》 communication or cooperation between people or organizations.
2》 a sexual relationship, especially one that is secret.
3》 the binding or thickening agent of a sauce.
4》 Phonetics the sounding of a consonant that is normally silent at the end of a word, because the next word begins with a vowel.
Origin
C17 (as a cookery term): from Fr., from lier 'to bind'.