Sekirov Dictionary

avail

/əˈveɪl/

noun 8
verb 6
adjective 1
forms 5
phrases 2

noun8

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Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).
- I tried fixing it to no avail.
- Labor, without economy, is of little avail.
•
(US) A press avail.
- While holding an avail yesterday, the candidate lashed out at critics.
•
An advertising slot or package.
- The salesperson at an affiliate TV station might prepare an avail which offers two weeks of spots in early and late news[…]. — 1994
(US) Proceeds; profits from business transactions.
•
A readily available stock of oil.
- Total crude oil avails (production plus purchases) of even highly "self-sufficient" refiners are far greater than their reported refinery inputs. — 1967
(UK) Non-binding notice of availability for work.
•
(no longer used) Benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success.
- hardy Citizens[…]sticke not to sacrifice their honours and consciences, as those of old, their lives, for their Countries availe and safety. — 1603
•
(literary, no longer used) Effort; striving.
- 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. — 1613

verb6

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[with oneself] To turn to the advantage of.
- I availed myself of the opportunity.
•
(India) To use or take advantage of (an opportunity or resource).
- You can avail discounts on food.
•
To be of service to.
- Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
To promote; to assist.
•
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.
•
(India) To provide; to make available.
- 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. — 2004

adjective1

(informal) Clipping of available.

forms

availed · availing · availeth · avails · availest

Phrases with avail

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