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AVAIL

\ɐvˈe͡ɪl], \ɐvˈe‍ɪl], \ɐ_v_ˈeɪ_l]\

Definitions of AVAIL

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources"
take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources"
take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
To promote; to assist.
To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease.
Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.
Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.
See Avale, v.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
To promote; to assist.
To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease.
Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.
Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.
See Avale, v.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To be of use, value, or service; to give aid towards an end; to serve for a purpose.
Use; means towards an end; advantage.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To be of value or service to; to benefit.
To be of use: to answer the purpose.
Benefit: profit: service.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Profit; advantage; benefit; utility.
To be of value or use; to profit or assist; to advise.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To turn to advantage; to be of use; to profit.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. Advantage; use; benefit.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

Profit, advantage, benefit.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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