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be⋅hoof

  [bi-hoof]
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–noun, plural -hooves  [hoovz] .
use; advantage; benefit: The money was spent for his own behoof.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME behove, OE behōf profit, need; c. D behoef, G Behuf
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be·hoof   (bĭ-hōōf')   
n.  Benefit; advantage: using public funds for their own behoof.

[Middle English bihove, from Old English behōf; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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