Associations to the word «Avail»

Wiktionary

AVAIL, verb. (transitive) (often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of.
AVAIL, verb. (transitive) To be of service to.
AVAIL, verb. (transitive) To promote; to assist.
AVAIL, verb. (intransitive) 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. (India) (Africa) (elsewhere proscribed) To provide; to make available.
AVAIL, noun. (obsolete) Benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success. [15th-19thc.]
AVAIL, noun. Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions). [from 15thc.]
AVAIL, noun. (now only US) Proceeds; profits from business transactions. [from 15thc.]
AVAIL, noun. (obsolete) (poetic) Effort; striving.
AVAIL, noun. (television) (advertising) An advertising slot or package.
AVAIL, noun. (US) (politics) (journalism) A press avail.
AVAIL, noun. (British) (acting) Non-binding notice of availability for work.
AVAIL, noun. (oil industry) A readily available stock of oil.

Dictionary definition

AVAIL, noun. A means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it".
AVAIL, verb. Use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources".
AVAIL, verb. Be of use to, be useful to; "It will avail them to dispose of their booty".
AVAIL, verb. Take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King