Meanings
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noun
advantage, benefit, or interest, chiefly in the formal phrase for someone's behoof
The trustee held the property for the behoof of the children.
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Etymology
From Middle English behof, from Old English behōf, 'use, need, or advantage,' and ultimately Proto-West Germanic *bihōf. Cognates include German Behuf and Dutch behoefte; the word is also related historically to have and heave.