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Definition of Avail

• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) To promote; to assist.
• (v. i.) 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.
• (n.) Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.
• (n.) Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.
• (v. t. & i.) See Avale, v.

Synonyms of Avail

• Serve
• Servicing
• Religious Service
• Assist
• Serving
• Supporter
• Aid
• Overhaul
• Assistance
• Inspection And Repair
• Armed Service
• Divine Service
• Helper
• Table Service
• Service
• Service Of Process
• Assistant
• Help
• Military Service
• Help Oneself
• Facilitate
• Profit
• Advantage
• Expediency
• Proceeds
• Gain
• Receipts
• Usefulness
• Benefit
• Good
• Return
• Utility
• Emolument
• Improvement
• Returns
• Value
• Use
• Utilize
• Utilise
• Apply
• Employ

Antonyms of Avail

• Destruction
• Disadvantage
• Hurt
• Loss
• Waste
• Damage
• Detriment
• Harm
• Injury
• Ruin

Homophones of Avail