to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.
A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.
A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be solved easily and rapidly.