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Definition of 'avail'English
Verb
( en-verb)
(transitive|often|reflexive) To turn to the advantage of.
- I availed myself of the opportunity.
To be of service to.
- Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
To promote; to assist.
- (Alexander Pope)
To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
- The plea in court must avail .
- ''This scheme will not avail.
- Medicines will not avail to halt the disease.
* Sir Walter Scott
- Words avail very little with me, young man.
To provide; to make available.
* {{quote-news|2004|November 16|Nik Ogbulie|Decongesting the Banking Floors|This Day citation
|passage=With this initiative, Valucard becomes an open system that is not limited to point of sale (POS) transactions, but now avails cash to its holders in various locations nationwide.}}
Antonyms
* disavail
Derived terms
* available
* disavail
Noun
( en-noun)
(lb) Benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success.
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*:I shal take the aduenture sayd Balen that god wille ordeyne me / but the swerd ye shalle not haue at this tyme by the feythe of my body / ye shalle repente hit within short tyme sayd the damoysel/ For I wold haue the swerd more for your auaylle than for myne / for I am passyng heuy for your sake
*, III.1:
*:hardy Citizenssticke not to sacrifice their honours and consciences, as those of old, their lives, for their Countries availe and safety.
*{{quote-book|1895|(Andrew Lang)| A Monk of Fife
|passage=So this friar, unworthy as he was of his holy calling, had me at an avail on every side, nor do I yet see what I could do but obey him, as I did.}}
Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
*2014 , , " Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter ", The Guardian , 18 October:
*:At half-time, Poyet replaced Wes Brown with Liam Bridcutt in the heart of defence and sent out the rest of the players to atone for their first-half mistakes. To no avail .
*(Richard Henry Stoddard) (1825–1903)
*:the avails of their own industry
Effort; striving.
*{{quote-book|1613|(Thomas Campion)|chapter=Songs of Mourning||year_published=1907|page=125|title= Poetical Works (in English) of Thomas Campion
|passage=And ev'n now, though he breathless lies, his sails / Are struggling with the winds, for our avails / T'explore a passage hid from human tract, / Will fame him in the enterprise or fact.}}
An advertising slot or package.
*{{quote-book|1994|Barry L. Sherman|page=353|title= Telecommunications Management: Broadcasting/cable and the New Technologies |isbn=0070566984
|passage=The salesperson at an affiliate TV station might prepare an avail which offers two weeks of spots in early and late news
*{{quote-book|2004|Walter S. Ciciora et al.|page=123|title= Modern Cable Television Technology: Video, Voice, and Data Communications |isbn=1558608281
|passage=At an avail , the ad server plays out the MPEG-2 audio/video elementary streams.}}
A press avail.
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Non-binding notice of availability for work.
(lb) A readily available stock of oil.
*{{quote-book|1967|title= Interstate Compact on Oil and Gas (10th Extension) |page=95
|passage=Total crude oil avails (production plus purchases) of even highly "self-sufficient" refiners are far greater than their reported refinery inputs.}}
Usage notes
* (success or benefit) Very often encountered in negative phrases, such as of' or '''to''' '''no''' or '''little''' ' avail .
Similar to 'avail'abhal, appel, appall, appeal, awful, aweful, avel, avowal, appal, afoul, aval, aboil, apiol, awfull
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