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avails

avails is the plural of avail.

avails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of avail.

Meaning of avail

Noun

avail (countable and uncountable, plural avails)

  1. Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).
    • I tried fixing it to no avail.
  2. (US) Proceeds; profits from business transactions.
    • the avails of their own industry1862, Elijah Porter Barrows, The State And Slavery
  3. 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[…].1994, Barry L. Sherman, Telecommunications Management: Broadcasting/cable and the New Technologies, →ISBN, page 353
  4. (US) A press avail.
    • While holding an avail yesterday, the candidate lashed out at critics.
  5. (UK) Non-binding notice of availability for work.
  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.1967, Interstate Compact on Oil and Gas (10th Extension), page 95

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Phrases with avails

Questions about avails

What is avails the plural of?
Avails is the plural of avail.

Words near avails in the dictionary

  1. availful
  2. availing
  3. availingly
  4. availment
  5. availments
  6. avails
  7. avakaya
  8. Avakian
  9. Avakians
  10. aval
  11. Aval Milk

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