advantage

/ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/ · noun

Meaning

Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.
Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
To provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
To do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of

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