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advantage `noun` [ ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ ]

• a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favourable or superior position.

• "companies with a computerized database are at an advantage"

Similar: upper hand, edge, lead, head, whip hand, trump card, superiority, dominance, ascendancy, supremacy, primacy, precedence, power, mastery, control, sway, authority, the catbird seat, the box seat,

advantage `verb`

• put in a favourable or superior position.

Origin: Middle English: from Old French avantage, from avant ‘in front’, from late Latin abante (see advance).

have the advantage of

• be in a stronger position than.

take advantage of

• exploit for one's own benefit.
"people tend to take advantage of a placid nature"

to advantage

• in a way which displays or makes good use of the best aspects of something.
"her shoes showed off her legs to advantage"

turn something to advantage

• handle or respond to something in such a way as to benefit from it.
"they dominated the first half of the game but failed to turn it to advantage"