behoof

Meanings

1. 1
   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.

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.

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