benefit
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Late Middle English benefytt, benefett, alteration (due to Latin bene-) of Middle English benfet, bienfet, bienfait (“good or noble deed”), from Anglo-Norman benfet (“well-done”), Middle French bienfait, from Old French bienfet, bienfait (“foredeal, favour”), from past participle of Old French bienfaire (“to do good, do well”), from bien (“well”) + faire (“to do”), modelled after Latin benefactum (“good deed”). More at benefactor.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
benefit (plural benefits)
- An advantage, help or aid from something.
- A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
- A performance, etc, given to raise funds for some cause.
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Antonyms [edit]
- (advantage, help): disadvantage, encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, obstacle, detriment
Translations [edit]
advantage, help or aid
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payment, subsidy
performance given to raise funds
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Verb [edit]
benefit (third-person singular simple present benefits, present participle benefiting or benefitting, simple past and past participle benefited or benefitted)
- (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
- Bible, Jer. xviii. 10
- I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
- Bible, Jer. xviii. 10
- (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
Usage notes [edit]
- Benefiting and benefited are more common, with benefitting and benefitted being a minor variant especially in the US.
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Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from "benefit"
Related terms [edit]
terms related to "benefit"
Translations [edit]
be or provide a benefit to
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to receive a benefit
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Etymology [edit]
English
Noun [edit]
benefit m (invariable)
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
benefit
- third-person singular present passive indicative of benefaciō
