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v. To be of use or advantage to; help: Nothing could avail the dying patient.

verb-intransitive. To be of use, value, or advantage; serve: Halfway measures will no longer avail.

n. Use, benefit, or advantage: labored to no avail.

idiom. avail (oneself) of To make use of.

v. To turn to the advantage of

v. To be of service to.

v. To promote; to assist.

v. To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.

v. To provide.

n. Effort; striving.

n. An advertising slot or package.

n. A press avail.

n. Non-binding notice of availability for work.

n. A readily available stock of oil.

v. To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help.

v. To promote; to assist.

verb-intransitive. To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object

n. Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value.

n. Proceeds.

v. See avale, v.

To have value or use; be of service or advantage; give profit: as, wealth avails little to a castaway.

To have force or efficacy; serve for a purpose; give aid toward an end: as, his cries availed to bring relief.

To take or draw advantage; make use or profit.

To be for the advantage of; assist or profit: as, what will skill avail us against numbers?

To promote; prosper; assist: said of things.

To advantage; profit; give the benefit to: used reflexively, with of: as, he availed himself of the opportunity.

n. Advantage, profit, or benefit, in a general sense; also, value or estimation.

n. Efficacy for a purpose; advantage to an object or end: now used chiefly in negative phrases, or sentences of negative import: as, of little or no avail; I doubt whether it will be of much avail.

n. plural Profits or proceeds: as, the avails of a sale by auction.

n. Returns.

See avale.

v. take or use

v. be of use to, be useful to

n. a means of serving

v. use to one's advantage

"You reported on the usage of the word avail as shorthand or shortspeak for availability."

disavail   

availed    availibility    availing    avails   

work    exploit    help    assist    aid    helpfulness    apply    utilise    use    utilize   

to avail one's self by    avail of marriage   

avale   

disavail    available   

promote    assist    profit    utility    benefit    service    use    value    proceeds    aid   

Bayle    Braille    Dail    Dale    Gael    Gail    Galle    Gayle    Hale    Jarrell   

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