vantage \van"tage\ v.an"taslj; 48, n. aphetic form of oe.
   avantage, fr. f. avantage. see advantage.
   1. superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain;
      profit; advantage. r.
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            o happy vantage of a kneeling knee   --shak.
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   2. a position offering a superior view of a scene or
      situation; -- used literally and figuratively; as, from
      the vantage of hindsight; also called vantage point.
      pjc

   3. tennis the first point scored after deuce; advantage5.
      brit.
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   note: when the server wins this point, it is called vantage
         in; when the receiver, or striker out, wins, it is
         called vantage out.
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   to have at vantage, to have the advantage of; to be in a
      more favorable condition than. "he had them at vantage,
      being tired and harassed with a long march." --bacon.

   vantage ground, superiority of state or place; the place or
      condition which gives one an advantage over another. "the
      vantage ground of truth." --bacon.
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            it is these things that give him his actual
            standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he
            looks around him.                     --i. taylor.
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see also:
advantage vantage point to have at vantage vantage ground