verb
To turn to the advantage of.
I availed myself of the opportunity.
It asserts that the museum has clear protocols for dealing with any form of discrimination or discontent, which it says [Tanya] Barson never availed herself of, […]
To be of service to.
Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
To promote; to assist.
To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
The plea in court must avail.
This scheme will not avail.
To provide; to make available.
With this initiative, Valucard becomes an open system that is not limited to point of sale (POS) transactions, but now avails cash to its holders in various locations nationwide.
noun
Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).
I tried fixing it to no avail.
Labor, without economy, is of little avail.
Proceeds; profits from business transactions.
the avails of their own industry
An advertising slot or package.
The salesperson at an affiliate TV station might prepare an avail which offers two weeks of spots in early and late news[…].
At an avail, the ad server plays out the MPEG-2 audio/video elementary streams.
A press avail.
While holding an avail yesterday, the candidate lashed out at critics.
Non-binding notice of availability for work.
adj
Clipping of available.
In another incident, Henry allegedly sent Areu a video titled "Fastest interview" in which a woman flashes her vagina to a man during a job interview and then immediately receives a job offer. Henry allegedly followed up the video by texting Areu, "Are you avail for anchor interview."
Bravoholic NYC resident Trace Bechter, who attended the sentencing, disagreed with Stein's understanding of Housewives as purely scripted entertainment. "I thought, that can't be true, because if this current season of RHOSLC was written, we need completely new scriptwriters." (Bravo, I'm avail.)