avail

Plural: avails

Noun

a means of serving
- "of no avail"
Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).
Proceeds; profits from business transactions.
An advertising slot or package.
A press avail.
Non-binding notice of availability for work.
A readily available stock of oil.
Benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success.
Effort; striving.

Verb

Verb Forms: availed, availing, avails

To be of use, value, or advantage.
use to one's advantage
- "He availed himself of the available resources"
be of use to, be useful to
- "It will avail them to dispose of their booty"
take or use
To turn to the advantage of.
To be of service to.
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.
To provide; to make available; to use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource).

Adj

Clipping of available.

Examples

Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
I availed myself of the opportunity.
I tried fixing it to no avail.
Labor, without economy, is of little avail.
Medicines will not avail to halt the disease.
My rack full of vowels did not avail me in the slightest.
The plea in court must avail.
This scheme will not avail.
While holding an avail yesterday, the candidate lashed out at critics.
You can avail discounts on food.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English availen (“to be of use”), from Old French a (“to”) + vail from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valere (“to be worthy, strong”).

Synonyms

help, service

Antonyms

disavail

Scrabble Score: 8

avail: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
avail: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
avail: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

avail: valid Words With Friends Word