slovodefinícia
vantage
(encz)		vantage,výhoda n: Zdeněk Brož
Vantage
(gcide)		Vantage \Van"tage\, v. t.
To profit; to aid. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Vantage
(gcide)		Vantage \Van"tage\ (v[.a]n"t[asl]j; 48), n. [Aphetic form of OE.
avantage, fr. F. avantage. See Advantage.]
1. Superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain;
profit; advantage. [R.]
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O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! --Shak.
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2. A position offering a superior view of a scene or
situation; -- used literally and figuratively; as, from
the vantage of hindsight; also called vantage point.
[PJC]

3. (Tennis) The first point scored after deuce; advantage[5].
[Brit.]
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Note: When the server wins this point, it is called vantage
in; when the receiver, or striker out, wins, it is
called vantage out.
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To have at vantage, to have the advantage of; to be in a
more favorable condition than. "He had them at vantage,
being tired and harassed with a long march." --Bacon.

Vantage ground, superiority of state or place; the place or
condition which gives one an advantage over another. "The
vantage ground of truth." --Bacon.
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It is these things that give him his actual
standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he
looks around him. --I. Taylor.
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vantage
(wn)		vantage
n 1: place or situation affording some advantage (especially a
comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
2: the quality of having a superior or more favorable position;
"the experience gave him the advantage over me" [syn:
advantage, vantage] [ant: disadvantage]
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advantage
(mass)		advantage
- výhoda, prednosť, prospech, využiť, zvýhodniť
take advantage of
(mass)		take advantage of
- využiť
vantage point
(mass)		vantage point
- hľadisko
absolute advantage
(encz)		absolute advantage,absolutní výhoda [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač
advantage
(encz)		advantage,prospěch n: Zdeněk Brožadvantage,přednost n: Zdeněk Brožadvantage,výhoda advantage,využít Pavel Machek; Gizaadvantage,zvýhodnit v: Zdeněk Brož
advantaged
(encz)		advantaged,zvýhodněný adj: Zdeněk Brožadvantaged,zvýhodnil v: Zdeněk Brož
advantageous
(encz)		advantageous,prospěšný advantageous,výhodný
advantageously
(encz)		advantageously,prospěšně
advantageousness
(encz)		advantageousness,výhodnost n: Zdeněk Brož
advantages
(encz)		advantages,výhody n: pl. Zdeněk Brož
comparative advantage
(encz)		comparative advantage,komparativní výhody [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač
competitive advantage
(encz)		competitive advantage,konkurenční výhoda [ekon.] Mgr. Dita Gálová
competitive disadvantage
(encz)		competitive disadvantage,
cost advantage
(encz)		cost advantage,výhoda nižších nákladů Mgr. Dita Gálová
disadvantage
(encz)		disadvantage,neprospěch Kropešdisadvantage,nevýhoda luke
disadvantaged
(encz)		disadvantaged,znevýhodněný adj: Zdeněk Brož
disadvantageous
(encz)		disadvantageous,nevýhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož
disadvantageously
(encz)		disadvantageously,nevýhodně adv: Zdeněk Brož
disadvantages
(encz)		disadvantages,nedostatky n: pl. Zdeněk Broždisadvantages,nevýhody n: pl. Zdeněk Brož
homecourt advantage
(encz)		homecourt advantage, n:
law of comparative advantage
(encz)		law of comparative advantage,zákon komparativních výhod [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač
mechanical advantage
(encz)		mechanical advantage, n:
public advantage
(encz)		public advantage,veřejné blaho n: tatapublic advantage,veřejný prospěch n: tata
take advantage
(encz)		take advantage,těžit v: PetrVtake advantage,využít v: PetrVtake advantage,zneužít v: PetrV
take advantage of
(encz)		take advantage of,využít take advantage of,využít čeho take advantage of,vyzrát na koho
tax advantage
(encz)		tax advantage, n:
to advantage
(encz)		to advantage, adv:
unfair competitive advantage
(encz)		unfair competitive advantage,
vantage
(encz)		vantage,výhoda n: Zdeněk Brož
vantage point
(encz)		vantage point,hledisko n: Zdeněk Brož
advantage
(gcide)		Turn \Turn\ (t[^u]rn), v. i.
1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve
entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so
as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a
wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man
turns on his heel.
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The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --Milton.
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2. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;
to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
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Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of
war. --Swift.
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3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to
issue.
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If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and
serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our
advantage. --Wake.
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4. To be deflected; to take a different direction or
tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently
applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.
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Turn from thy fierce wrath. --Ex. xxxii.
12.
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Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --Ezek.
xxxiii. 11.
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The understanding turns inward on itself, and
reflects on its own operations. --Locke.
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5. To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become
transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to
grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one
color turns to another; to turn Muslim.
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I hope you have no intent to turn husband. --Shak.
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Cygnets from gray turn white. --Bacon.
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6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory
turns well.
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7. Specifically:
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(a) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
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(b) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
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I'll look no more;
Lest my brain turn. --Shak.
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(c) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
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(d) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of
scales.
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(e) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; --
said of the tide.
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(f) (Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the
womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
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8. (Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as
temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
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To turn about, to face to another quarter; to turn around.


To turn again, to come back after going; to return. --Shak.

To turn against, to become unfriendly or hostile to.

To turn aside or To turn away.
(a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a
company; to deviate.
(b) To depart; to remove.
(c) To avert one's face.

To turn back, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction;
to retrace one's steps.

To turn in.
(a) To bend inward.
(b) To enter for lodgings or entertainment.
(c) To go to bed. [Colloq.]

To turn into, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a
side street.

To turn off, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as,
the road turns off to the left.

To turn on or To turn upon.
(a) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger.
(b) To reply to or retort.
(c) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition.


To turn out.
(a) To move from its place, as a bone.
(b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out.
(c) To rise from bed. [Colloq.]
(d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to
the fire.
(e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the
crops turned out poorly.

To turn over, to turn from side to side; to roll; to
tumble.

To turn round.
(a) To change position so as to face in another direction.
(b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or
party to another.

To turn to, to apply one's self to; to have recourse to; to
refer to. "Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all
occasions." --Locke.

To turn to account, profit, advantage, or the like, to
be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the
while.

To turn under, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.

To turn up.
(a) To bend, or be doubled, upward.
(b) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur;
to happen.
[1913 Webster]Advantage \Ad*van"tage\ (?; 61, 48), n. [OE. avantage,
avauntage, F. avantage, fr. avant before. See Advance, and
cf. Vantage.]
1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means,
particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end;
benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more
elevated position.
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Give me advantage of some brief discourse. --Shak.
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The advantages of a close alliance. --Macaulay.
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2. Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.
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Lest Satan should get an advantage of us. --2 Cor.
ii. 11.
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3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit;
gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.
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4. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth
in the baker's dozen). [Obs.]
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And with advantage means to pay thy love. --Shak.
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5. (Tennis) The first point scored after deuce.
[PJC]

Advantage ground, vantage ground. [R.] --Clarendon.

To have the advantage of (any one), to have a personal
knowledge of one who does not have a reciprocal knowledge.
"You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to
have had the honor." --Sheridan.

To take advantage of, to profit by; (often used in a bad
sense) to overreach, to outwit.
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Syn: Advantage, Advantageous, Benefit, Beneficial.

Usage: We speak of a thing as a benefit, or as beneficial,
when it is simply productive of good; as, the benefits
of early discipline; the beneficial effects of
adversity. We speak of a thing as an advantage, or as
advantageous, when it affords us the means of getting
forward, and places us on a "vantage ground" for
further effort. Hence, there is a difference between
the benefits and the advantages of early education;
between a beneficial and an advantageous investment of
money.
[1913 Webster]Advantage \Ad*van"tage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advantaged; p.
pr. & vb. n. Advantaging.] [F. avantager, fr. avantage. See
Advance.]
To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit;
to profit.
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The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and
averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged
his adversaries against him. --Fuller.
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What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world,
and lose himself, or be cast away? --Luke ix. 25.
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To advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]
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Advantage
(gcide)		Turn \Turn\ (t[^u]rn), v. i.
1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve
entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so
as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a
wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man
turns on his heel.
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The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --Milton.
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2. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;
to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
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Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of
war. --Swift.
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3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to
issue.
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If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and
serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our
advantage. --Wake.
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4. To be deflected; to take a different direction or
tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently
applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.
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Turn from thy fierce wrath. --Ex. xxxii.
12.
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Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --Ezek.
xxxiii. 11.
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The understanding turns inward on itself, and
reflects on its own operations. --Locke.
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5. To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become
transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to
grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one
color turns to another; to turn Muslim.
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I hope you have no intent to turn husband. --Shak.
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Cygnets from gray turn white. --Bacon.
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6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory
turns well.
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7. Specifically:
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(a) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
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(b) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
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I'll look no more;
Lest my brain turn. --Shak.
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(c) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
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(d) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of
scales.
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(e) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; --
said of the tide.
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(f) (Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the
womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
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8. (Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as
temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
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To turn about, to face to another quarter; to turn around.


To turn again, to come back after going; to return. --Shak.

To turn against, to become unfriendly or hostile to.

To turn aside or To turn away.
(a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a
company; to deviate.
(b) To depart; to remove.
(c) To avert one's face.

To turn back, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction;
to retrace one's steps.

To turn in.
(a) To bend inward.
(b) To enter for lodgings or entertainment.
(c) To go to bed. [Colloq.]

To turn into, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a
side street.

To turn off, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as,
the road turns off to the left.

To turn on or To turn upon.
(a) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger.
(b) To reply to or retort.
(c) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition.


To turn out.
(a) To move from its place, as a bone.
(b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out.
(c) To rise from bed. [Colloq.]
(d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to
the fire.
(e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the
crops turned out poorly.

To turn over, to turn from side to side; to roll; to
tumble.

To turn round.
(a) To change position so as to face in another direction.
(b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or
party to another.

To turn to, to apply one's self to; to have recourse to; to
refer to. "Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all
occasions." --Locke.

To turn to account, profit, advantage, or the like, to
be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the
while.

To turn under, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.

To turn up.
(a) To bend, or be doubled, upward.
(b) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur;
to happen.
[1913 Webster]Advantage \Ad*van"tage\ (?; 61, 48), n. [OE. avantage,
avauntage, F. avantage, fr. avant before. See Advance, and
cf. Vantage.]
1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means,
particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end;
benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more
elevated position.
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Give me advantage of some brief discourse. --Shak.
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The advantages of a close alliance. --Macaulay.
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2. Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.
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Lest Satan should get an advantage of us. --2 Cor.
ii. 11.
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3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit;
gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.
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4. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth
in the baker's dozen). [Obs.]
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And with advantage means to pay thy love. --Shak.
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5. (Tennis) The first point scored after deuce.
[PJC]

Advantage ground, vantage ground. [R.] --Clarendon.

To have the advantage of (any one), to have a personal
knowledge of one who does not have a reciprocal knowledge.
"You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to
have had the honor." --Sheridan.

To take advantage of, to profit by; (often used in a bad
sense) to overreach, to outwit.
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Syn: Advantage, Advantageous, Benefit, Beneficial.

Usage: We speak of a thing as a benefit, or as beneficial,
when it is simply productive of good; as, the benefits
of early discipline; the beneficial effects of
adversity. We speak of a thing as an advantage, or as
advantageous, when it affords us the means of getting
forward, and places us on a "vantage ground" for
further effort. Hence, there is a difference between
the benefits and the advantages of early education;
between a beneficial and an advantageous investment of
money.
[1913 Webster]Advantage \Ad*van"tage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advantaged; p.
pr. & vb. n. Advantaging.] [F. avantager, fr. avantage. See
Advance.]
To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit;
to profit.
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The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and
averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged
his adversaries against him. --Fuller.
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What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world,
and lose himself, or be cast away? --Luke ix. 25.
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To advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]
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Advantage ground
(gcide)		Advantage \Ad*van"tage\ (?; 61, 48), n. [OE. avantage,
avauntage, F. avantage, fr. avant before. See Advance, and
cf. Vantage.]
1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means,
particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end;
benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more
elevated position.
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Give me advantage of some brief discourse. --Shak.
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The advantages of a close alliance. --Macaulay.
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2. Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.
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Lest Satan should get an advantage of us. --2 Cor.
ii. 11.
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3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit;
gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.
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4. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth
in the baker's dozen). [Obs.]
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And with advantage means to pay thy love. --Shak.
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5. (Tennis) The first point scored after deuce.
[PJC]

Advantage ground, vantage ground. [R.] --Clarendon.

To have the advantage of (any one), to have a personal
knowledge of one who does not have a reciprocal knowledge.
"You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to
have had the honor." --Sheridan.

To take advantage of, to profit by; (often used in a bad
sense) to overreach, to outwit.
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Syn: Advantage, Advantageous, Benefit, Beneficial.

Usage: We speak of a thing as a benefit, or as beneficial,
when it is simply productive of good; as, the benefits
of early discipline; the beneficial effects of
adversity. We speak of a thing as an advantage, or as
advantageous, when it affords us the means of getting
forward, and places us on a "vantage ground" for
further effort. Hence, there is a difference between
the benefits and the advantages of early education;
between a beneficial and an advantageous investment of
money.
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Advantageable
(gcide)		Advantageable \Ad*van"tage*a*ble\, a.
Advantageous. [Obs.]
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Advantaged
(gcide)		Advantage \Ad*van"tage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advantaged; p.
pr. & vb. n. Advantaging.] [F. avantager, fr. avantage. See
Advance.]
To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit;
to profit.
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The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and
averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged
his adversaries against him. --Fuller.
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What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world,
and lose himself, or be cast away? --Luke ix. 25.
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To advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]
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Advantageous
(gcide)		Advantageous \Ad`van*ta"geous\, a. [F. avantageux, fr.
avantage.]
Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful;
profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position;
trade is advantageous to a nation.
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Advabtageous comparison with any other country.
--Prescott.
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You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how
swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one
goes. --Chesterfield.
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Advantageously
(gcide)		Advantageously \Ad`van*ta"geous*ly\, adv.
Profitably; with advantage.
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Advantageousness
(gcide)		Advantageousness \Ad`van*ta"geous*ness\, n.
Profitableness.
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Disadvantage
(gcide)		Disadvantage \Dis`ad*van"tage\, v. t. [Cf. F. d['e]savantager.]
To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.
[1913 Webster]Disadvantage \Dis`ad*van"tage\ (?; 48, 61), n. [Cf. F.
d['e]savantage.]
1. Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial
quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which
hinders success, or causes loss or injury.
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I was brought here under the disadvantage of being
unknown by sight to any of you. --Burke.
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Abandoned by their great patron, the faction
henceforward acted at disadvantage. --Palfrey.
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2. Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame,
credit, profit, or other good.
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They would throw a construction on his conduct, to
his disadvantage before the public. --Bancroft.

Syn: Detriment; injury; hurt; loss; damage.
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Disadvantageable
(gcide)		Disadvantageable \Dis`ad*van"tage*a*ble\, a.
Injurious; disadvantageous. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Disadvantageous
(gcide)		Disadvantageous \Dis*ad`van*ta"geous\, a. [Cf. F.
d['e]savantageux.]
Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or
prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to
advantageous; as, the situation of an army is
disadvantageous for attack or defense.
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Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had
been placed, he gave clear indications of future
excellence. --Prescott.
-- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly, adv. --
Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness, n.
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Disadvantageously
(gcide)		Disadvantageous \Dis*ad`van*ta"geous\, a. [Cf. F.
d['e]savantageux.]
Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or
prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to
advantageous; as, the situation of an army is
disadvantageous for attack or defense.
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Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had
been placed, he gave clear indications of future
excellence. --Prescott.
-- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly, adv. --
Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness, n.
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Disadvantageousness
(gcide)		Disadvantageous \Dis*ad`van*ta"geous\, a. [Cf. F.
d['e]savantageux.]
Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or
prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to
advantageous; as, the situation of an army is
disadvantageous for attack or defense.
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Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had
been placed, he gave clear indications of future
excellence. --Prescott.
-- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly, adv. --
Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness, n.
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Disvantageous
(gcide)		Disvantageous \Dis`van*ta"geous\, a. [Pref. dis- + vantage.]
Disadvantageous. [Obs.] "Disadvantageous ground." --Drayton.
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