Definition of avail Avail

/ʌvejˈl/ - [uveyl] - a•vail

We found 25 definitions of avail from 6 different sources.

What does avail mean?

Noun Plural: avails
avail - a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it"
		help, service
		helpfulness the property of providing useful assistance
Verb avails, availing, availed
avail - be of use to, be useful to; "It will avail them to dispose of their booty"
		aid, assist, help act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
avail - take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"
		help
		exploit, work use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"
avail - use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources"
		utilise, employ, utilize, use, apply convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)

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avail (Noun)
Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use now usually in negative constructions.
avail (Noun)
Effort; striving.
avail (Noun)
An advertising slot or package.
avail (Noun)
A press avail .
avail (Noun)
Non-binding notice of availability for work.
avail (Noun)
A readily available stock of oil.
avail (Verb)
To turn to the advantage of.
avail (Verb)
To be of service to.
avail (Verb)
To promote; to assist.
avail (Verb)
To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
avail (Verb)
To provide; to make available.

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

avail
a-vāl′, v.t. to be of value or service to: to benefit: to take the benefit of (used reflexively with of).—v.i. to be of use: to answer the purpose: (obs.) to take or draw advantage: (Amer.) to inform, assure of.—n. benefit: profit: service.—adj. Avail′able, that one may avail one's self of, utilise: profitable: suitable, obtainable: accessible.—ns. Avail′ableness, Availabil′ity, quality of being available: power in promoting an end in view: validity.—advs. Avail′ably; Avail′ingly, in an availing manner. [Fr.—L. ad, to, val-ēre, to be strong, to be worth.]
avail
Same as Avale

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avail in sign language