Definition of benefit
Nouns
financial assistance in time of need
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stock option
a benefit given by a company to an employee in the form of an option to buy stock in the company at a discount or at a fixed price
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cost-of-living benefit
a benefit that goes to anyone whose money receipts increase automatically as prices rise
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death benefit
insurance or pension money payable to a beneficiary of a deceased
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advance death benefit
a percentage of death benefits paid directly to policy holders having a short life expectancy (usually 6 months)
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disability benefit
insurance benefits paid in case of disability
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sick benefit, sickness benefit
money paid (by the government) to someone who is too ill to work
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fringe benefit, perk, perquisite
an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
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apanage, appanage
any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
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backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip
a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
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payment
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
something that aids or promotes well-being
"for the benefit of all"
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- welfare
a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
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benefit concert
a concert given for the benefit of some charitable cause
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performance, public presentation
a dramatic or musical entertainment
Verbs
derive a benefit from
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cash in on
take advantage of or capitalize on
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profiteer
make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
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capitalise, capitalize, take advantage
draw advantages from
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pyramid
enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
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clear, net, sack, sack up
make as a net profit
Vocabulary Lists for benefit
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 8-15 »(708 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
- premeditate
- symbolising
- abase
- discern
- endue
The Top 60 Most Common Academic Words »(60 words)
according to Averil Coxhead's Academic Word List (2000)
- analysis
- approach
- area
- assessment
- assume
- fascinate
- exaggerate
- advertise
- criticize
- basically