Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB

The avail of a deathbed repentance.
Jer. Taylor.

2. pl. Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.

The avails of their own industry.
Stoddard.

Syn. -- Use; benefit; utility; profit; service.

A·vail", v. t. & i. See Avale, v. [Obs.] Spenser.

A·vail`a·bil"i·ty (?), n.; pl. Availabilities (?).

1. The quality of being available; availableness.

The word is sometimes used derogatively in the sense of "mere availableness," or capability of success without regard to worthiness.

He was . . . nominated for his availability.
Lowell.

2. That which is available.

A·vail"a·ble (?), a.

1. Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea. [Obs.]

Laws human are available by consent.
Hooker.

2. Such as one may avail one's self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate.

Struggling to redeem, as he did, the available months and days out of so many that were unavailable.
Carlyle.