behoof

American  

[bih-hoof] / bɪˈhuf /

noun

behooves plural

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

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

More, for she succeeded in emitting such a jocund and appropriate peal of laughter as disconcerted the mob and wrung for behoof of the stranger a gratified inclination from my lord.

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

The rather heavy cost was defrayed by lotteries, which were set on foot by the Colonial Government from time to time for the behoof of the funds of the theatre.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

Within its walls are to be seen appliances and conveniences and luxuries for the behoof and use of teacher and student, unknown a few years since in many an ancient seat of learning.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

For the behoof of such the following list is set down, without regard to any classification: Cavendish.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony