benefit
Other forms: benefits; benefited; benefiting; benefitted; benefitting
A benefit is something that helps you, whether in the form of health insurance provided by an employer, welfare given by the government to those in need, or the benefit of the doubt extended to you by a friend.
The Latin bene- "good" is at the heart of the word benefit, which derives from the Latin benefactum "good deed." When attendance at a party or an event raises money for a charity, the event is referred to as a benefit in that charity's honor.
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something that aids or promotes well-being
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financial assistance in time of needtypes:stock optiona 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 pricecost-of-living benefita benefit that goes to anyone whose money receipts increase automatically as prices risedeath benefitinsurance or pension money payable to a beneficiary of a deceaseddisability benefitinsurance benefits paid in case of disabilityfringe benefit, perk, perquisitean incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)advance death benefita percentage of death benefits paid directly to policy holders having a short life expectancy (usually 6 months)type of:paymenta sum of money paid or a claim discharged
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a performance to raise money for a charitable causetypes:benefit concerta concert given for the benefit of some charitable causetype of:
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derive a benefit fromtypes:cash in ontake advantage of or capitalize onprofiteermake an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goodspyramidenlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
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be beneficial for
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Vocabulary lists containing benefit
Learn this list of words containing the common word roots bene ("good") and mal ("bad").
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