Benefit

/ˈbɛn.ɪ.fɪt/ · noun

Meaning

An advantage; help or aid from something..

Definitions by Sense

1. An advantage; help or aid from something.
2. (insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
3. An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
4. (obsolete) beneficence; liberality
5. Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
6. (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
7. (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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: […]

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.

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Word Forms

• benefits
• benefite
• benefiting
• benefitting
• benefited
• benefitted

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