To profit; benefit; serve; avail.
To help, assist.
To take the place of; replace.
To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
To pay back; to repay.
To pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on.
To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.