Meaning

3 senses

  1. An advantage; benefit; profit.

  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)The first place; lead; precedence; preference.

  3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)Progress; advancement.

Origin

From earlier fordele, from Middle English foredel, foredele. Equivalent to fore- + deal. C

From earlier fordele, from Middle English foredel, foredele. Equivalent to fore- + deal. Compare Saterland Frisian Foardeel (“advantage, gain, benefit, profit”), Dutch voordeel, Low German fortel, German Vorteil (“advantage”), Danish fordel, Swedish fördel. More at fore-, deal.

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Forms

plural: foredeals

See also

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