English Dictionary

avail

/əˈveɪl/

noun

Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions). / (now only US) Proceeds; profits from business transactions.

The avail of hard work is success.

意味（1）

Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).

I tried fixing it, to no avail

意味（2）

(now only US) Proceeds; profits from business transactions.

the avails of their own industry

意味（3）

(television, advertising) 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[…].

意味（4）

(US, politics, journalism) A press avail.

While holding an avail yesterday, the candidate lashed out at critics.

意味（5）

(Britain, acting) Non-binding notice of availability for work.

意味（6）

(oil industry) A readily available stock of oil.

Total crude oil avails (production plus purchases) of even highly self-sufficient refiners are far greater than their reported refinery inputs.

意味（7）

(obsolete) Benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success.

I shal take the aduenture sayd Balen that god wille ordeyne me / but the swerd ye shalle not haue at this tyme by the feythe of my body / ye shalle repente hit within short tyme sayd the damoysel/ For I wold haue the swerd more for your auaylle than for myne / for I am passyng heuy for your sake

意味（8）

(obsolete, poetic) Effort; striving.

And ev'n now, though he breathless lies, his sails / Are struggling with the winds, for our avails / T'explore a passage hid from human tract, / Will fame him in the enterprise or fact.