| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something beneficial: advantage, avail, blessing, boon1, favor, gain, profit. See HELP. 2. Archaic. A kindly act: favor, good turn, grace, indulgence, kindness, service. See HELP. 3. Something that contributes to or increases one's well-being: advantage, good, interest (often used in plural), profit. See HELP. 4. The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end: account, advantage, avail, profit, use, usefulness, utility. See USED. | | VERB: | 1. To derive advantage: capitalize, gain, profit. See HELP. 2. To be an advantage to: advantage, avail, profit, serve. Archaic : boot2. Idioms: stand someone in good stead. See HELP.
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