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

And also my ealdormen I command that they help the bishops to the rights of the Church and to the rights of my kingship and to the behoof of all the people.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus

There they be, poor souls, marooned on that same island, which indeed we took and named Maiden Isle for behoof of her gracious Majesty.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert

The revenues of the houses that were suppressed had been intended for the sole use and behoof of women, and had been administered by them in this sense for centuries.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

Even should there be a little brazier with a rudimentary charcoal fire, it is next to useless, and is mainly for the behoof of the master.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.

If the injunction to "put his shoulder to the wheel" had been given for my behoof, the promise was but indifferently kept, for I did not see Mr. Carmel again for a fortnight.

From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan