About The Word Vantage
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Vantage
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What's The Definition Of Vantage?
[n] the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "he experience gave him the advantage over me"
[n] place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective) Synonyms | Synonyms for Vantage: advantage Related Terms | Find terms related to Vantage: See Also | advantageousness | asset | expedience | expediency | favor | favorable position | favorableness | favour | favourable position | favourableness | gain | good | handicap | head start | homecourt advantage | lead | leverage | place | plus | position | preference | privilege | profit | pull | start | superiority | tax advantage | vantage point | viewpoint Vantage In Webster's Dictionary \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.]
O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! --Shak.
2. (Lawn Tennis) The first point after deuce.
Note: When the server wins this point, it is called vantage
in; when the receiver, or striker out, wins, it is
called vantage out.
{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.
It is these things that give him his actual
standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he
looks around him. --I. Taylor.
\Van"tage\, v. t. To profit; to aid. [Obs.] --Spenser. |
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