benefit

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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.

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  • (US) IPA: /ˈbɛn.ə.fɪt/
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Noun [edit]

benefit (plural benefits)

  1. An advantage, help or aid from something.
  2. A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
  3. A performance, etc, given to raise funds for some cause.

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benefit (third-person singular simple present benefits, present participle benefiting or benefitting, simple past and past participle benefited or benefitted)

  1. (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.
  2. (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

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  • Benefiting and benefited are more common, with benefitting and benefitted being a minor variant especially in the US.

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English

Noun [edit]

benefit m (invariable)

  1. benefit, advantage

Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

benefit

  1. third-person singular present passive indicative of benefaciō