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31useful — adjective Date: 1595 1. capable of being put to use; especially serviceable for an end or purpose < useful tools > 2. of a valuable or productive kind < do something useful with your life > • usefully adverb …
32Useful man — A useful man or houseman is a male servant ranking below a footman but above a hall boy.Unlike the footman, the useful man never enters the dining room or waits personally on the master of the house.The term houseman should be distinguished from… …
33useful load — The difference between the maximum allowable weight of the aircraft and its empty weight. The useful load includes the weight of the occupants, baggage, any cargo, useful fuel, and drainable oil …
34useful as a chocolate teapot — Something which is of no practical use at all is about as useful as a chocolate teapot. When there are no roads, a car is about as useful as a chocolate teapot! …
35useful — adjective 1) a useful multipurpose tool Syn: functional, practical, handy, convenient, utilitarian, serviceable, of use, of service Ant: useless 2) a useful experience Syn …
36useful — adjective 1) a useful tool Syn: functional, practical, handy, convenient, utilitarian, serviceable, of service; informal nifty 2) a useful experience Syn: beneficial, advantageous, helpful …
37useful — adjective Having a practical or beneficial use. This tool is very useful. It makes doing this task a lot easier. Syn: noteful, serviceable, utilitarian Ant: unuseful …
38useful — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. valuable, beneficial, serviceable; see helpful 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. serviceable, helpful, valuable, practical, utilitarian, beneficial, handy, of use, functional. ANT.: useless, worthless, of no help III …
39useful expenditure — a bribe True, we might suppose, if it lands you the contract: A German who bribes a French official in an EU wide open tender procedure cannot be prosecuted in Germany and the bribe can be written off against tax. Such costs on the tax… …
40useful girl — obsolete American a domestic servant The phrase avoids any implication of subservience: I was urged to accept the position of useful girl , a silly name to designate a maid s maid. (Daily Telegraph, 10 March 2001) …
