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n. Something that promotes or enhances well-being; an advantage: The field trip was of great benefit to the students.

n. Help; aid.

n. A payment made or an entitlement available in accordance with a wage agreement, an insurance policy, or a public assistance program.

n. A public entertainment, performance, or social event held to raise funds for a person or cause.

n. Archaic A kindly deed.

v. To be helpful or useful to.

verb-intransitive. To derive benefit: You will benefit from her good example.

idiom. benefit of the doubt A favorable judgment granted in the absence of full evidence.

n. An advantage, help or aid from something.

n. A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.

n. A performance, etc, given to raise funds for some cause.

v. To be or to provide a benefit to.

v. To receive a benefit (from). To be a beneficiary.

n. An act of kindness; a favor conferred.

n. Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit.

n. A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.

n. Beneficence; liberality.

n. Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments.

v. To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.

verb-intransitive. To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit.

n. A thing well done; a good deed.

n. An act of kindness; a favor conferred; good done to a person.

n. Advantage; profit; concretely, anything that is for the good or advantage of a person or thing; a particular kind of good receivable or received.

n. Bestowal, as of property, office, etc., out of good will, grace, or favor; liberality; generosity.

n. A performance at a theater or other place of public entertainment, the proceeds of which go to one or more of the actors, some indigent or deserving person, some charitable institution, or the like. In Great Britain also called a bespeak.

n. A natural advantage; endowment; accomplishment.

To do good to; be of service to; advantage: as, exercise benefits health; trade benefits a nation.

Same as beneficiate, 2.

To gain advantage; make improvement: as, he has benefited by good advice.

n. financial assistance in time of need

n. a performance to raise money for a charitable cause

v. derive a benefit from

v. be beneficial for

n. something that aids or promotes well-being

"The main benefit is that insurance companies are able to press dentists to accept lower payments than cash-paying patients."

injure    detriment    malefic   

benefited    benefiting    benefits    benefitted    benefitting   

help    aid   

benefit play    benefit of clergy    benefit of discussion    by the benefit of    benefit ticket    benefit society    benefit of inventory    lagniappe   

benefitted    benefitting   

benefited    benefitting   

profit    advantage    service    use    avail    beneficence    liberality    endowments    accomplishments    help   

advantage    value    cost    need    development    purpose    profit    improvement    support    resource