Word: Benefit
How to pronounce: ˈbenɪfɪt
Noun
Definitions:
1. An advantage or profit gained from something.
Example sentences: "Enjoy the benefits of being a member"
2. A payment or gift made by an employer, the state, or an insurance company.
Example sentences: "Welfare benefits"
3. A public performance or other entertainment of which the proceeds go to a particular charitable cause.
Example sentences: "The social season was highlighted by debutante balls and charity benefits"
Intransitive verb
Definitions:
1. Receive an advantage; profit.
Example sentences: "The areas would benefit from regeneration"
Synonyms:
advantage
favor
favour
perk
usefulness
beneficial interest
exemption
asset
welfare
good
blessing
allowance
entitlement
boon
good deed
concession
incentive
preferential
profit
effect
payoff
grant
subsidy
aid
relief
assistance
gain
help
avail
Antonyms:
cost
disadvantage
loss
harm
damage
drawback
lack
costs
detriment
Derivations:
beneficence
benefaction
beneficent
benefiting
beneficial
benefited
benefice
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Benefit in Other Languages...
Spanish: Beneficio
German: Vorteil
French: Avantage
Italian: Beneficio
Turkish: Yarar
