behoof

American  

[bih-hoof] / bɪˈhuf /

noun

plural

behooves

1. use; advantage; benefit.

   The money was spent for his own behoof.

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behoof British  

/ bɪˈhuːf /

noun

1. rare advantage or profit

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Etymology

Origin of behoof

before 1000; Middle English behove, Old English behōf profit, need; cognate with Dutch behoef, German Behuf

Example Sentences

You'd have me go hence and prison myself for the behoof of the pale idiot yonder?

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis

This, too, is for the behoof of the story.

From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David

Therefore I poured out all the tunes I knew for their behoof.

From The Wayfarers by Snaith, J. C.

For the behoof of such as are confessedly ignorant of this branch of heraldry, and are not too proud to learn, I subjoin the following particulars, gathered from various respectable authorities.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

And those smart garments, too--that aggravatingly bewitching bonnet--for whose behoof were they intended?

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis