vail
pronunciation
How to pronounce vail in British English:
UK [veil]
How to pronounce vail in American English:
US [vel]
Word Origin
- vail (n.)
- "advantage, profit," early 15c., from vail (v.) "to be of use or service" (c. 1300), from Old French vail, from valoir "to be of value or worth" (see value (n.)).
Example
- 1. In the first three months of 2008 vail issuedbuilding permitsworth $ 19.8m in new development .
- 2. Income-tax credits may be fine for the hollywood millionaires who own expansive tracts of land near mountain resort communities like aspen and vail ; but they have limited appeal for the many colorado ranchers and farmers who have little income for the state to tax .
- 3. I am sure many of them will find their effort to stand in cold for hours in vail .
- 4. On december 19 , he decamped with his family to their vacation home in vail , colorado , where they would spend the holidays .
- 5. In 1843 , morse and vail received funding from the u.s. congress to set up and test their telegraph system between washington , d.c. , and baltimore , maryland .