♦ advantage

♦ advantage
♦ advantage /ədˈvɑ:ntɪdʒ/
n.
1 [cu] vantaggio; condizione di vantaggio; superiorità: to have an advantage over sb., avere un vantaggio su q.; essere in vantaggio su q.; to give sb. an advantage, dare un vantaggio a q.; to be at an advantage, essere in vantaggio (o in posizione di vantaggio); to gain the advantage, passare in condizione di vantaggio; avvantaggiarsi; to gain an advantage over, acquistare un vantaggio su; (org. az.) competitive advantage, vantaggio competitivo; an unfair advantage, un ingiusto vantaggio; to take advantage of sb., approfittarsi di q.; to take advantage of st., approfittare di qc.; trarre profitto da qc.; sfruttare qc.
2 [uc] vantaggio; convenienza; beneficio; profitto; interesse: advantage to both, vantaggio reciproco; It's to your advantage, va a tuo vantaggio; è nel tuo interesse; to turn st. to one's advantage, volgere qc. a proprio vantaggio; trarre profitto da qc.; They sold the goods to advantage, hanno venduto la merce con profitto
3 (sport) vantaggio: advantage rule, regola del vantaggio
4 [u] (tennis) vantaggio: advantage in, vantaggio alla battuta; advantage out, vantaggio alla rimessa; Advantage Jones, vantaggio a Jones
5 (arc.) interesse (usurario)
● (antiq.) to have the advantage of sb., essere in posizione di vantaggio rispetto a q. □ (antiq.) You have the advantage of me, non ho il piacere di conoscerla (mentre lei sa il mio nome) □ to show st. to advantage, mostrare qc. nella luce migliore; mettere in risalto qc.to the best advantage, nel modo più vantaggioso.
(to) advantage /ədˈvɑ:ntɪdʒ/
v. t.
avvantaggiare; favorire.

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