benefit
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
insurance
Etymology: From Late Middle English benefytt, benefett, alteration (due to Latin bene-) of benfet, bienfet, bienfait (“good or noble deed”), from Anglo-Norman benfet (“well-done”), Middle French bienfait, from Old French bienfet, bienfait (“foredeal, favour”), from past participle of bienfaire (“to do good, do well”), from bien (“well”) + faire (“to do”), modelled after Latin benefactum (“good deed”). More at benefactor.
Inflected forms:
form: benefits
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: benefite
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: benefits
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: benefiting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: benefitting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: benefited
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: benefited
pos: verb
tags: past
form: benefitted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: benefitted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: benefite
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: An advantage; help or aid from something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: She can't read, so the voice recording was made for her benefit.
Exposure to cutting-edge technologies is one of the benefits of the job.
When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.
For the trip over the grass-covered sleepers and between the cow-parsley and briars, an open wagon was added to the usual combination of locomotive and coach, for the benefit of those who wanted to take photographs.
gloss: A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Gore Vidal […] will be sharing his wit and wisdom at the Arlington Street Church on Wednesday, April 5th at 7:00. The appearance is a benefit for the Boston/Boise Committee and the tickets are priced at $5.
gloss: beneficence; liberality
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: The Birds, that liue i'th field / On the vvilde Benefit of nature, liue / Happier then vve; for they may chooſe their Mates, / And carroll their ſvveet pleaſures to the Spring: […]
gloss: Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The whole scene was staged for his benefit, and it completely fooled him.
Since my wife is Canadian, whenever we have dinner with my family, they keep bringing up anything they've heard about Canada lately for her benefit.
So, if Obodzinski is correct in saying that Mrs. Piela actually signed a document in the coffee shop, in front of witnesses, she staged a scene, pretending that it was the alleged Mandate. The other explanation is that none of this ever took place, and the staging was only a fictitious creation for the benefit of the Court.
gloss: To be or to provide a benefit to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: […] I will repent of the good; wherewith I saide I would benefite them.
The spending in and around local stations is creating micro-economies that are benefiting Great Britain's high streets, independent businesses and economic growth, both locally and on a national level.
gloss: To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Diesel maintenance schedules are benefiting from work done on the magnificent Hilger & Watts electronic spectrograph for oil analysis, which detects minute quantities of metals in samples of used lubricating oil; [...].
Although some apeirophobics have benefitted from treatments like medication and cognitive behavioral therapy, others have found no way to mitigate the existential terror.
Instead, the grime of the steam years which still discoloured many of the best architectural features Betjeman loved has been cleared away, and several of the stations have benefited from major refurbishments which have greatly improved them.
Although Katy has admitted to being bi-curious in the past, the reason a lot of fans wanted clarity on her sexuality was to ensure she wasn't queer-baiting and benefiting from a culture she isn't actually part of.
Synonyms: help
batten
behoove
Antonyms: harm
disadvantage
encumbrance
hindrance
malefit
nuisance
obstacle
detriment
malefic
Related words: lagniappe
benefactor
beneficence
beneficent
beneficiary
Derived words: beneficial
benefit cliff
benefiter
benefitless
benifit
co-benefit
benefitable
benefit association
benefit club
benefit corporation
benefit-cost analysis
benefit-cost ratio
benefit dollar
benefit in kind
benefit of clergy
benefit of doubt
benefit of inventory
benefit of the doubt
benefit principle
benefits coordinator
benefit segmentation
benefit society
benefit tourism
bennies
cafeteria benefit
child benefit
child tax benefit
cobenefit
core benefit
cost-benefit analysis
cost benefit analysis
death benefit
defined benefit
disbenefit
elective benefit
electronic benefit transfer
employee benefit
equivalent annual benefit
family benefit
friend with benefits
fringe benefit
in benefit
income-related benefit
injury benefit
marginal benefit
maternity benefit
means-tested benefit
non-pecuniary benefit
nonstatutory fringe benefit
nonwage benefit
private benefit
risk-benefit
sickness benefit
state benefit
stranded benefit
supplementary benefit
survivor benefit
unbenefited
unbenefiting
unemployment benefit
variable death benefit
widow’s benefit
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: فَائِدَة
roman: fāʔida
lang: Avar
word: пайда
roman: pajda
lang: Azerbaijani
word: fayda
lang: Bengali
word: লাভ
roman: labh
lang: Bengali
word: মুনাফা
roman: munapha
lang: Bulgarian
word: изгода
roman: izgoda
lang: Bulgarian
word: печалба
roman: pečalba
lang: Finnish
word: etu
lang: Finnish
word: hyöty
lang: French
word: bénéfice
lang: German
word: Nutzen
lang: Hindi
word: लाभ
roman: lābh
lang: Hindi
word: हित
roman: hit
lang: Hungarian
word: haszon
lang: Hungarian
word: előny
lang: Italian
word: beneficio
lang: Italian
word: profitto
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: fayîde
lang: Kyrgyz
word: пайда
roman: payda
lang: Lü
word: ᦎᦱᦡᦲ
roman: ṫaaḋii
lang: Malay
word: faedah
lang: Old English
word: fremu
lang: Old English
word: nytt
lang: Persian
word: فائده
roman: fâ'ede
lang: Polish
word: korzyść
lang: Polish
word: beneficjum
lang: Russian
word: вы́года
roman: výgoda
lang: Spanish
word: beneficio
lang: Tajik
word: фойда
roman: foyda
lang: Tatar
word: файда
roman: fayda
lang: Turkish
word: fayda
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: فائده
roman: faʼide
lang: Urdu
word: فائدہ
roman: fā'ida
lang: Uzbek
word: foyda
lang: Yaghnobi
word: фойда
roman: foyda
lang: Zazaki
word: fayde