[lɪˈeɪzɒn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- communication or cooperation which facilitates a close working relationship between people or organizations
(e.g: the head porter works in close liaison with the reception office)

- the binding or thickening agent of a sauce, often based on egg yolks

- (in French and other languages) the sounding of a consonant that is normally silent at the end of a word, because the next word begins with a vowel


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Origin:
mid 17th century (as a cookery term): from French, from lier ‘to bind’