Benefit

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Something that promotes or enhances well-being; an advantage.
  • noun. Help; aid.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A payment made by a government agency or insurance company to qualifying persons in time of need.
  • noun. A form of compensation, such as paid vacation time, subsidized health insurance, or a pension, provided to employees in addition to wages or salary as part of an employment arrangement.
  • noun. A public entertainment, performance, or social event held to raise funds for a person or cause.
  • noun. A kindly deed.
  • intransitive verb. To be helpful or useful to.
  • intransitive verb. To derive benefit.
  • idiom. (benefit of the doubt) A favorable judgment granted in the absence of full evidence.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To do good to; be of service to; advantage: as, exercise benefits health; trade benefits a nation.
  • Same as beneficiate, 2.
  • To gain advantage; make improvement: as, he has benefited by good advice.
  • noun. A thing well done; a good deed.
  • noun. An act of kindness; a favor conferred; good done to a person.
  • noun. Advantage; profit; concretely, anything that is for the good or advantage of a person or thing; a particular kind of good receivable or received.
  • noun. Bestowal, as of property, office, etc., out of good will, grace, or favor; liberality; generosity.
  • noun. A performance at a theater or other place of public entertainment, the proceeds of which go to one or more of the actors, some indigent or deserving person, some charitable institution, or the like. In Great Britain also called a bespeak.
  • noun. A natural advantage; endowment; accomplishment.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit.
  • transitive verb. To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.
  • noun. An act of kindness; a favor conferred.
  • noun. Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit.
  • noun. A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.
  • noun. Beneficence; liberality.
  • noun. Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments.
  • noun. See under Clergy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An advantage, help or aid from something.
  • noun. A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
  • noun. A performance, etc, given to raise funds for some cause.
  • verb. To be or to provide a benefit to.
  • verb. To receive a benefit (from). To be a beneficiary.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. financial assistance in time of need
  • noun. a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
  • verb. derive a benefit from
  • verb. be beneficial for
  • noun. something that aids or promotes well-being
  • Word Usage
    "At least President Obama understands that America is not a theocracy, so that we may again benefit from the input of our best & brightest."
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