Behoof

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Behoof \Be*hoof"\, n. [OE. to bihove for the use of, AS. beh?f
   advantage, a word implied in beh?fl[imac]c necessary; akin to
   Sw. behof, Dan. behov, G. behuf, and E. heave, the root
   meaning to seize, hence the meanings "to hold, make use of."
   See {Heave}, v. t.]
   Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use.
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         No mean recompense it brings
         To your behoof.                          --Milton.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

BEHOOF. As a word of discourse, Signifies need, (egestas, necessitas, 
indigentia.) It comes from behoove, (Sax. behoven,) to need or have need of. 
In a secondary sense, which is the law sense of the word, it signifies use, 
service, profit, advantage, (interesse, opus.) It occurs in conveyances of 
land in fee simple.

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "behoof":
      advantage, avail, behalf, benefit, benison, blessing, boon,
      convenience, gain, good, interest, percentage, point, profit,
      service, use, value, welfare, well-being, world of good, worth

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