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avail

əˈveɪl
WordNet
Leaf with the price list of the hose fire sprayers, available from Samuel van der Heyden in Amsterdam, ca. 1725. Belongs to the side prints to Jan van der Heyden's Fire Spray Book.
Leaf with the price list of the hose fire sprayers, available from Samuel van der Heyden in Amsterdam, ca. 1725. Belongs to the side prints to Jan van der Heyden's Fire Spray Book.
  1. (v) avail
    use to one's advantage "He availed himself of the available resources"
  2. (v) avail
    take or use "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"
  3. (v) avail
    be of use to, be useful to "It will avail them to dispose of their booty"
  4. (n) avail
    a means of serving "of no avail","there's no help for it"
Illustrations
Exhibition of the objects made available for the lottery for the victims of the flood of January-February 1861. View in the Gothic Hall in Paleis Kneuterdijk during the visit of the royal family on April 16, 1861.
Exhibition of the objects made available for the lottery for the victims of the flood of January-February 1861. View in the Gothic Hall in Paleis Kneuterdijk during the visit of the royal family on April 16, 1861.
Announcement on the street by 'Slachterij De Creool' that fresh meat is available. Group of people gathered on the street in front of the butcher shop. In the center two men in an open carriage, on the left a donkey cart and a decorated bull. Part of a collection of 68 postcards from Suriname, collected in an album as a reminder of a stay in Suriname in September 1911.
Announcement on the street by 'Slachterij De Creool' that fresh meat is available. Group of people gathered on the street in front of the butcher shop. In the center two men in an open carriage, on the left a donkey cart and a decorated bull. Part of a collection of 68 postcards from Suriname, collected in an album as a reminder of a stay in Suriname in September 1911.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
There are over 100 styles of BluBlocker sunglasses available on the market
  1. Avail
    Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction. "The avails of their own industry."
  2. Avail
    To promote; to assist. "Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names.", "I have availed myself of the very first opportunity."
  3. Avail
    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. "O, what avails me now that honor high !"
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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In 1890, Scott Paper produced the first toilet paper to be available on a roll
  1. avail
    To have value or use; be of service or advantage; give profit: as, wealth avails little to a castaway.
  2. avail
    To have force or efficacy; serve for a purpose; give aid toward an end: as, his cries availed to bring relief.
  3. avail
    To take or draw advantage; make use or profit.
  4. avail
    To be for the advantage of; assist or profit: as, what will skill avail us against numbers?
  5. avail
    To promote; prosper; assist: said of things.
  6. avail
    To advantage; profit; give the benefit to: used reflexively, with of: as, he availed himself of the opportunity.
  7. (n) avail
    Advantage, profit, or benefit, in a general sense; also, value or estimation.
  8. (n) avail
    Efficacy for a purpose; advantage to an object or end: now used chiefly in negative phrases, or sentences of negative import: as, of little or no avail; I doubt whether it will be of much avail.
  9. (n) avail
    plural Profits or proceeds: as, the avails of a sale by auction.
  10. (n) avail
    Returns.
  11. avail
    See avale.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
Public telephones in Israel are no longer operated by tokens as they were in the past. They are now operated by magnetic cards known in Hebrew as a telecart (tel-eh-cart). These plastic cards, the same size and shape as a credit card, are available at post offices, some hotel reception desks, street kiosks and dispensing machines.
  1. (v.t) Avail
    a-vāl′ to be of value or service to: to benefit: to take the benefit of (used reflexively with of)
  2. (v.i) Avail
    to be of use: to answer the purpose: :
  3. (n) Avail
    benefit: profit: service
  4. Avail
    Same as Avale.
  5. (v.i) Avail
    (obs.) to take or draw advantage
  6. (v.i) Avail
    (Amer.) to inform, assure of
Quotations
Ronald Reagan
It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available.
Ronald Reagan
Ralph Waldo Emerson
One of the benefits of a college education is to show the boy its little avail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
Horace
Samuel Johnson
Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.
Samuel Johnson
Robert Collier
Desire is proof of the availability...
Robert Collier
Pierre Corneille
Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.
Pierre Corneille
Idioms

To little avail - If something is to little avail, it means that, despite great efforts, something ended in failure, but taking comfort from the knowledge that nothing else could have been done to avert or avoid the result.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. availen, fr. F. (L. ad,) + valoir, to be worth, fr. L. valere, to be strong, to be worth. See Valiant

Usage in the news

PGC to make meetings available to public. centredaily.com

The expanded assortment , which include traditional gift cards with holiday and multicultural designs, and digital options, will be available in stores on Nov 4. retailingtoday.com

I am an active RC airplane builder and flyer and I always like to have a large supply of screws, bolts, nuts and washers, in most common sizes available in my workshop. modelairplanenews.com

It quickly became clear that rumors of Reba McEntire's death were part of a hoax, but it's still a relief to have the singer herself available to assure fans that everything is OK. lonestar1023.com

Given the mass of discounts services now available, it's a wonder that anyone is paying the full price for anything. thenational.ae

The At command is still available in Windows 2000, and you can use it to schedule tasks. indowsitpro.com

How do women have so much trouble finding good guys to date when all these dudes are still available. kcalfm.com

Just in time for Valentine's Day, New York City's own love connection cabbie Ahmed Ibrahim will be available all day today doling out advice on love and life -- and even better, the gems of romance wisdom come with coffee. amny.com

COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCIES (Some are available 24 hours) Need Help. thetranscript.com

Varied fabrics and leathers are available as well. interiordesign.net

And that's just one miniscule tidbit of what's available about our oceans and atmosphere at this site. pcmag.com

For more on Kelly's trip, check out our June issue, available on newsstands now. surfermag.com

The FC126 and FC1126 are now available for $329.99 and $424.99 at many online resellers. dng.net

Tours are available to registered attendees only at an additional cost. icba.org

Psychoacoustics, vibration, and wind turbine metrics are now available in Scantek's noiseLAB. esmagazine.com

Usage in scientific papers

The choice of this interaction channel is due to its relatively large cross-sections, the very distinct experimental signatures (prompt e+ followed by a delayed neutron capture), and the readily available detector choice of liquid scintillator providing the proton target.
A CsI(Tl) Scintillating Crystal Detector for the Studies of Low Energy Neutrino Interactions

Much flexibility is available for detector optimization based on this generic and easily scale-able design.
A CsI(Tl) Scintillating Crystal Detector for the Studies of Low Energy Neutrino Interactions

There are several examples available in the literature where pointer states are shown to emerge from an interaction with the environment [3,4].
Comment on "Hidden assumptions in decoherence theory"

Several data mining tools will be available as part of the web application.
A GRB Tool Shed

All of these software packages are available on many platforms, including Unix, Windows, and Mac, and they are all freely available.
A GRB Tool Shed

Usage in literature

It cannot provide available plant-food, air, and warmth to plants. "Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement" by Alva Agee

Within these laws all things are possible; beyond them, nothing is of avail. "The Physical Life of Woman:" by Dr. George H Napheys

When Christians have been available their services have of course been thankfully secured. "Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877" by James Kennedy

Wherever it was possible, the investigators consulted the available records of the State and county. "The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922" by Various

In the meantime villages sprang up in pretty nearly every locality in which there was available water-power. "Commercial Geography" by Jacques W. Redway

A road has been built and motor cars are available. "An African Adventure" by Isaac F. Marcosson

One might complain with as much avail that men will fall in love with pretty girls instead of with those who are ugly! "Ralph the Heir" by Anthony Trollope

To make war upon an island a land army was of no avail. "Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15)" by Charles Morris

But what could it avail him? "Popular Adventure Tales" by Mayne Reid

Nothing dost thou avail; oh thou! "The Metamorphoses of Ovid" by Publius Ovidius Naso

Usage in poetry
Now dreams
Are not available
To the dreamers,
Nor songs
To the singers.
Drain it off quickly
Before it exhales;
Save when 'tis glowing,
The draught naught avails.
He liveth, and we live;
His life for us prevails;
His fulness fills our emptiness,
His strength for us avails.
A duty done is victory won,
E'en though in the doing,
Efforts may fail to bring avail
In lines we are pursuing.
And of the dangers of the way
She told a trembling tale;
But to divert a settled mind
Nor words nor woes avail.
My longing makes me pale.
Oh, what can wealth avail?
E'en now thy father may be pale.
Thou mak'st my courage fail.