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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.
- 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
/ ˈbɛnɪfɪt /
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 Words From
- ben·e·fit·er ben·e·fit·ter noun
- pre·ben·e·fit verb prebenefited or prebenefitted prebenefiting or prebenefitting
- self-ben·e·fit noun
- self-ben·e·fit·ing self-ben·e·fit·ting adjective
- su·per·ben·e·fit noun
- un·ben·e·fit·ed un·ben·e·fit·ted adjective
- un·ben·e·fit·ing un·ben·e·fit·ting 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
He argued against lockdowns and masking for children, questioned the benefits of vaccine boosters, and predicted incorrectly that populations would quickly acquire natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2.
"More work is now needed to implement the results of this study into clinical practice and improve access to GLP-1 receptor agonists to people who will benefit from them," he added.
According to decades of rigorous research, these unsaturated fatty acids have many health benefits.
The growth of the global food trade has brought huge benefits.
While Mr. Starbuck is benefiting as much from a trend to reverse D.E.I. policy as he is instigating it, companies across the United States have been preparing for the potential of possible attacks by activists.
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A benefit is something that is advantageous or good. When should you use benefit instead of advantage or profit? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
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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