To help or benefit someone, or to provide some service or utility
“If such action be tainted over much by self-interest, it probably will not avail the accused.”
To use or take advantage of
“It is desirable that you should proceed to the mouth of Hudson's Straits with as little delay as possible, so as to avail yourself of the very first feasible opportunity to make the passage through.”
To be adequate or enough for a given task or purpose
To provide someone with something
To do a favor, or show beneficence toward
Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments
Plural for the property of being serviceable or useful for some function
“Institutional researchers consistently emphasized this problem, but ultimately to no avail.”
Plural for the reason for which something or someone is used or suited for
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