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Definition of Take advantage
1. Verb. Draw advantages from. "She took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"
Generic synonyms: Benefit, Gain, Profit
Derivative terms: Capitalisation, Capitalization
2. Verb. Make excessive use of. "She is trespassing upon my privacy"
Specialized synonyms: Encroach, Entrench, Impinge, Trench
Generic synonyms: Use
Definition of Take advantage
1. Verb. (intransitive) To profit from a situation. ¹
2. Verb. To make use of something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Advantage
Literary usage of Take advantage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"The courts will not construe a contract, so as to allow one of the parties to
take advantage of his own wrongful breach thereof, unless it be plain and ..."
2. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1817)
"... he is remitted to the whole, and his companion shall take advantage thereof.
Otherwise here in the case of Littleton, for that the advantage is giren to ..."
3. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"... he is remitted to the whole, and his companion shall take advantage thereof.
Otherwise here in the case of Littleton, for that the advantage is given to ..."
4. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"Third persons cannot take advantage of the statute. It follows from what has been
stated that a contract or sale within the statute is valid except that it ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"At Pittsburg thousands of coal barges collect during low water to take advantage
of these waves of translation, and move forward upon them with their ..."
6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"The courts will not construe a contract, so as to allow one of the parties to
take advantage of his own wrongful breach thereof, unless it be plain and ..."
7. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1817)
"... he is remitted to the whole, and his companion shall take advantage thereof.
Otherwise here in the case of Littleton, for that the advantage is giren to ..."
8. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"... he is remitted to the whole, and his companion shall take advantage thereof.
Otherwise here in the case of Littleton, for that the advantage is given to ..."
9. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"Third persons cannot take advantage of the statute. It follows from what has been
stated that a contract or sale within the statute is valid except that it ..."
10. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"At Pittsburg thousands of coal barges collect during low water to take advantage
of these waves of translation, and move forward upon them with their ..."
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