| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something beneficial: advantage, avail, benefit, blessing, boon1, favor, gain. See HELP. 2. Something earned, won, or otherwise acquired: earnings, gain, return. See GET, MONEY. 3. Something that contributes to or increases one's well-being: advantage, benefit, good, interest (often used in plural). See HELP. 4. The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end: account, advantage, avail, benefit, use, usefulness, utility. See USED. | | VERB: | 1. To derive advantage: benefit, capitalize, gain. See HELP. 2. To make a large profit: batten. Slang : clean up. Idioms: make a killing. See MONEY. 3. To be an advantage to: advantage, avail, benefit, serve. Archaic : boot2. Idioms: stand someone in good stead. See HELP.
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