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Verb
/əˈvāl/,
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avails, 3rd person singular present; availing, present participle; availed, past tense; availed, past participle;
  1. Use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource)
    • - my daughter did not avail herself of my advice
  2. Help or benefit
    • - no amount of struggle availed Charles
    • - the dark and narrow hiding place did not avail to save the fugitives
  1. (avail) a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it"
  2. (avail) use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources"
  3. (avail) be of use to, be useful to; "It will avail them to dispose of their booty"
  4. (avail) take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"
  5. AVAIL is Avail's first release ever. It was originally released on vinyl only in 1989. A remix of this album, containing re-recordings of four songs, was released in 1991. The recording of this album took place in December 1989 at Inner Ear Studios.
  6. Avail is a punk band from Richmond, Virginia. Originally from Northern Virginia, the band formed in 1987, its members including Joe Banks, Doug Crosby, Brian Stewart and Mikey Warstler. ...
  7. Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use; Efficacious
  8. (Avail) a courtesy situation extended by an agent to a producer indicating that a performer is available to work a certain job. Avails have no legal or contractual status
  9. (Avail) Inventory available for purchase in specific time periods.
  10. (Avail) The commercial position in a program or between programs on a given station available for purchase.
  11. (Avail (Availability)) A break within normal network programming allotted to a local cable system for insertion of local commercials.
  12. (Avail) (as in “What’s your avail?”) The abbreviated version of “availability.” For actors, your avail is when you’re not committed to a film, television show, or other gig. If you don’t know what your avail is, ask your agent/manager.
  13. (avail) In U.S. advertising, an avail refers to inventory that a TV or radio seller has available to offer a local TV or radio media buyer. Several avails comprise a proposal. ...
  14. (avail) Slang. Availability.
  15. (avail) be of use or advantage toward attainment of a goal