advantage
1. ad.van.tage \*d-'vant-ij\ n [ME avantage, fr. MF, fr. avant before, fr. L abante] 1: superiority of position or condition 2: BENEFIT, GAIN; esp : benefit resulting from some cou rse of action obs 2b: INTEREST 3: a factor or circumstance of benefit to its possessor 4: the first point won in tennis after deuce; also : the score for it : so as to produce a favorable impression or effect - to advantage 2. advantage vt : to give an advantage to : BENEFIT