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The thumb quietly pressed on one side of a scale that claims to be fair.
means A condition or resource that puts you ahead of others, giving you a better chance of succeeding.
from Traces back through Old French 'avantage,' built from 'avant' meaning 'before' or 'in front' — the same root that gives English 'avant-garde.' So at its core, having an advantage literally means being positioned ahead of the pack, out in front before the race has even been decided.
- tennis scoring
- Advantage is the point right after deuce
- home advantage
- Home teams win roughly 55-60% of matches
- root word kin
- Shares avant with avant-garde, meaning vanguard
- disadvantage origin
- Coined later by simply bolting on dis-