vantage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
  2. noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
    advantage.
    • the experience gave him the advantage over me

WordNet

Van"tage noun
Etymology
Aphetic form of OE. avantage,fr. F. avantage. See Advantage.
Definitions
  1. superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage. R.
    O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! Shak.
  2. (Lawn Tennis) The first point after deuce. ✍ When the server wins this point, it is called vantage in; when the receiver, or striker out, wins, it is called vantage out.
Van"tage transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To profit; to aid. Obs. Spenser.

Webster 1913