Meaning of "advantage"

advantage •

n.
• • 1. a benefit: kapakinabangan, pakinabang, kabutihan, bentaha, bentahe
  • 2. to be benefited by, to profit by: makinabang, pakinabangan, mapakinabang
  • 3. to take advantage of, to make use of: magsamantala, samantalahin, pagsamantalahan
  • 4. to get or have the advantage over, to outdo: lumamang, malamangan, lamangan, dumaig, madaig, daigin

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interest

n.
• • 1. a feeling of wanting to know, do or own, or share in: interes, hilig, malasakit, pagkagusto, pagkawili
  • 2. advantage, profit, benefit: kapakinabangan, kapakanan, kabutihan
  • 3. a share in property or business: puhunan, pamumuhunan
  • 4. money paid for the use of money: interes, pakinabang, tubo, patubo

v.
• • 1. to excite curiosity, attention: umakit, maakit, akitin
  • 2. to hold the attention of: mawili
  • 3. to bear interest: tumubo, magtubo
  • 4. to charge interest: magpatubo, patubuan

use

v.
• • 1. to employ, to make use of: gumamit, gamitin
  • 2. to use up, to consume entirely: maubos na lahat
  • 3. used to, means accustomed to: bihasa, sanay
  • 4. formerly did: dati, noon, noong una

n.
• • 1. the act of using: paggamit
  • 2. a suitableness or adaptability to an end: gamit, kagamitan
  • 3. the occasion or need to employ, necessity: kailangan, pangangailangan, paggagamitan
  • 4. no use, no advantage, no good to be gained, useless: walang kapakinabangan, walang kabutihan, walang kasaysayan, walang kabuluhan, walang kapararakan, hindi kailangan, inutil

profit

n.
• • 1. the gain from business: tubo, tinubo, kita, kinita, pakinabang
  • 2. advantage, benefit: bentaha, kabutihan, pakinabang, kapakinabangan

v.
• • 1. to make a profit in business: magtubo, tumubo, pagtubuan, tubuin, makinabang, pakinabangan, pakinabangin, kumita, pagkakitaan, kitain
  • 2. to get advantage, to gain, to benefit: makinabang, pakinabangan

benefit

n.
• • 1. profit: pakinabang, kapakinabangan
  • 2. advantage: buti, kabutihan, kapararakan
  • 3. a benefit show: benepisyo

v.
• • 1. to be of benefit, to profit by: mapakinabang, mapala, mahita
  • 2. to do good to, to help: makabuti, makatulong

pool

n.
• • 1. a small body of still water: lawa
  • 2. a small amount of water, e.g., lying on a road, floor, etc.: lawa, danaw, sanaw
  • 3. a swimming pool: languyan, palanguyan
  • 4. a game like billiards, played with balls on a special table: pul, bilyar
  • 5. the money (or things) put together by different persons: bakasan
  • 6. the persons who form a pool: magkabakas, magkasosyo, magkakabakas, magkakasosyo

v.
• • to put money (or things) together for common advantage: magbakas, magbakasan, pagbakasin, magsosyo, magsosyuhan, pagsosyuhin, pagbakas-bakasin, pagsosyo-sosyuhin, pagpisan-pisanin, pagsama-samahin

service

n.
• • 1. helpful act or acts, aid, being useful to others: serbisyo, paglilingkod, tulong, pagtulong
  • 2. performance of duties: paglilingkod
  • 3. advantage, benefit, use: pakinabang, kapakinabangan, buti, kabutihan
  • 4. religious meeting, religious ceremony: kulto
  • 5. the manner of serving food: serbisyo, pagsisilbi (ng pagkain)
  • 6. the food served: pagkain
  • 7. act or manner of putting a ball in play: serb, pagserb

v.
• • 1. to make fit for service: gumawa, gawin, magkumpuni, kumumpuni, kumpunihin
  • 2. at ones service, ready to do what one wants: nakalaan (nakahanda) sa paglilingkod
  • 3. of service, helpful or useful: nakatutulong, nakabubuti, mahalaga
  • 4. "the service" often means the army or navy: hukbong sandatahan
  • 5. the Civil Service: Serbisyo Sibil

play

n.
• • 1. fun, sport, action to amuse oneself: laro, paglalaro
  • 2. a turn, move or act in a game as in chess and the like: sulong, tira
  • 3. a story acted on the stage: dula, drama, palabas
  • 4. a performance on a musical instrument: tugtog, pagtugtog
  • 5. an action: gawa, kagagawan
  • 6. gambling: sugal, pagsusugal, huwego, paghuhuwego

v.
• • 1. to have fun, to do something in sport: maglaro, laruin
  • 2. to gamble: magsugal, isugal, maghuwego, ihuwego
  • 3. to take part in a game: sumali sa laro, makipaglaro
  • 4. to play against, to compete: lumaban, labanan (sa laro), makipagpaligsahan (sa laro)
  • 5. to make music on an instrument, to make, give forth music, to produce as music: tumugtog, tugtugin
  • 6. to act a part, to act the part of: gumanap ng papel, ganapin ang papel
  • 7. to act carelessly, to do foolish things with something: paglaruan, laruin
  • 8. to play on, to take advantage of; make use of: magsamantala, pagsamantalahan, samantalahin

value

n.
• • 1. excellence, usefulness, importance: halaga, kahalagahan, saysay, kasaysayan, kabuluhan
  • 2. worth, power to buy: halaga
  • 3. the real worth, proper price: tunay na (talagang) halaga o presyo
  • 4. meaning: kahulugan, kabuluhan, saysay, kasaysayan
  • 5. effect, force: bisa, epekto
  • 6. advantage: kapakinabangan, bentaha

v.
• • to rate at a certain value or price, to estimate the value of: maghalaga, halagahan

gain

n.
• • profit: tubo, tinubo, pakinabang

v.
• • 1. to reach, to arrive at: sumapit, masapit, sapitin, umabot, maabot, abutin
  • 2. to get, to secure, to obtain, to win: kumuha, makuha, kunin, magtamo, matamo, tamuhin, magkamit, makamit, kamtan
  • 3. to profit: magtubo, tumubo, pagtubuan
  • 4. to be of an advantage to: makinabang, mapakinabang, pakinabangan

hinayang

n.
• • feeling of regret for not having utilized something or not havingtake advantage of a situation (from sayang) panghinayang (pang-)

n.
• • regret

gulangan

v.
• • (-an) to take advantage of someone who has not had much experience yet. Mag-ingat ka para hindi ka gulangan. Be careful so you won't be taken advantage of.

lamang

adv.
• • only. Isa lamang ang mansanas na natira. Only one apple is left.
  • 2.) lamang

n.
• • advantage over others manglamang, lamangan (mang-:an)

v.
• • to take advantage of others. Linamangan na naman niya ako. He took advantage of me again.