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benefit
[ ben-uh-fit ]
noun
- something that is advantageous or good; an advantage:
He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
Synonyms: , ,
- a payment or gift, as one made to help someone or given by an employer, an insurance company, or a public agency:
The company offers its employees a pension plan, free health insurance, and other benefits.
- a theatrical performance or other public entertainment to raise money for a charitable organization or cause.
- Archaic. an act of kindness; good deed; benefaction.
verb (used with object)
- to do good to; be of service to:
a health program to benefit everyone.
verb (used without object)
- to derive benefit or advantage; profit; make improvement:
He has never benefited from all that experience.
benefit
/ ˈɛɪɪ /
noun
- something that improves or promotes
- advantage or sake
this is for your benefit
- an allowance paid by the government as for sickness, unemployment, etc, to which a person is entitled under social security or the national insurance scheme
- any similar allowance in various other countries
- sometimes plural a payment or series of payments made by an institution, such as an insurance company or trade union, to a person who is ill, unemployed, etc
- a theatrical performance, sports event, etc, to raise money for a charity
verb
- to do or receive good; profit
Other Word Forms
- ··ھ· ··ھ·ٱ noun
- ···ھ verb prebenefited or prebenefitted prebenefiting or prebenefitting
- -··ھ noun
- -··ھ·ing -··ھ·ting adjective
- ····ھ noun
- ܲ···ھ· ܲ···ھ·ٱ adjective
- ܲ···ھ·Բ ܲ···ھ·پԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of benefit1
Word History and Origins
Origin of benefit1
Idioms and Phrases
- for someone's benefit, so as to produce a desired effect in another's mind:
He wasn't really angry; that was just an act for his girlfriend's benefit.
More idioms and phrases containing benefit
see give the benefit .Example Sentences
There really are only two ways to extract savings from Medicaid: strip benefits from the program, or throw enrollees out.
Trump’s own tariff policies, intended in theory to rebalance global trade to the benefit of U.S. manufacturers and farmers, risk immediate pain to American households and a prolonged economic crisis.
It would limit the current program’s benefits to 10 years — half of the 20-year period that the state had told the rooftop owners they would receive.
Liz Shanks says she will continue campaigning for changes that will benefit abuse survivors, and has been working with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to develop policy and training around the issue.
Staff at a centre which supports vulnerable people say they are seeing an increasing numbers of people come to them who are worried about large changes to the benefits system.
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When To Use
are other ways to say benefit?
A benefit is something that is advantageous or good. When should you use benefit instead of advantage or profit? Find out on .
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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