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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

V'ANTAGE, n. [L. venio. See Advantage and Van.]
1. Gain; profit. Obs.
2. Superiority; state in which one has better means of action or defense than another. [This, I believe, is used only in the compound, vantage-ground.]
3. Opportunity; convenience. Obs.
V'ANTAGE, v.t. To profit. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
2: the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me" [syn: advantage, vantage] [ant: disadvantage]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French vantage, avantage — more at advantage Date: 14th century 1. archaic benefit, gain 2. superiority in a contest 3. a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view 4. advantage 4

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 (also vantage point or ground) a place affording a good view or prospect. 2 Tennis = ADVANTAGE. 3 archaic an advantage or gain. Etymology: ME f. AF f. OF avantage ADVANTAGE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vantage Van"tage, v. t. To profit; to aid. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vantage 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.

Moby Thesaurus

advantage, allowance, ambit, angle, angle of vision, bailiwick, bulge, coign of vantage, constituency, deadwood, draw, drop, edge, flying start, footing, handicap, head start, inside track, jump, mental outlook, odds, orbit, outlook, point of view, running start, something extra, something in reserve, sphere of influence, stamping ground, standpoint, start, territory, turf, upper hand, vantage ground, vantage point, viewpoint, whip hand