benefit
UK/ˈbɛn.ɪ.fɪt//ˈbɛn.ɪˌfɪt/
benefit noun: an advantage; help or aid from something.
Noun
benefit (countable and uncountable, plural benefits)
- An advantage; help or aid from something.
- She can't read, so the voice recording was made for her benefit.
- Exposure to cutting-edge technologies is one of the benefits of the job.
- Synonyms:
- foredeal, advantage, aid, assistance, boon, help, percentage
- A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
- Synonyms:
- subsidy
- An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
- Gore Vidal […] will be sharing his wit and wisdom at the Arlington Street Church on Wednesday, April 5th at 7:00. The appearance is a benefit for the Boston/Boise Committee and the tickets are priced at $5.1978 April 8, Eric Rogers, “People, Places and Flings”, in Gay Community News, page 13
- beneficence; liberality
- The Birds, that liue i'th field / On the vvilde Benefit of nature, liue / Happier then vve; for they may chooſe their Mates, / And carroll their ſvveet pleaſures to the Spring: […]1612–1613 (date written), John Webster, The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy. […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, for Iohn Waterson, […], published 1623, →OCLC, Act III, scene v, signature [H3], recto
- Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
- The whole scene was staged for his benefit, and it completely fooled him.
- Since my wife is Canadian, whenever we have dinner with my family, they keep bringing up anything they've heard about Canada lately for her benefit.
Verb
benefit (third-person singular simple present benefits, present participle benefiting or benefitting, simple past and past participle benefited or benefitted)
- To be or to provide a benefit to.
- […] I will repent of the good; wherewith I saide I would benefite them.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 18:10
- The spending in and around local stations is creating micro-economies that are benefiting Great Britain's high streets, independent businesses and economic growth, both locally and on a national level.2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58
- To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
- Diesel maintenance schedules are benefiting from work done on the magnificent Hilger & Watts electronic spectrograph for oil analysis, which detects minute quantities of metals in samples of used lubricating oil; [...].1960 June, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 329
- Although some apeirophobics have benefitted from treatments like medication and cognitive behavioral therapy, others have found no way to mitigate the existential terror.2016 September 1, Bobby Azarian, “Apeirophobia: The Fear of Eternity”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2017
benefit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
benefit in Hindi
- profit, use
- लाभ lābh, हित hit
- advantage, help or aid
- लाभ lābh, हित hit
benefit in Tamil
- பயன்
benefit in Marathi
- benefit, advantage
- लाभ lābh, फायदा phāydā, उपयोग upayog
- benefit, advantage, good, gain
- गुण guṇ
benefit in Urdu
- profit, use
- فایِدَہ fāyida
- advantage, help or aid
- فائِدَہ fāida
More languagesFewer languages
- benefit in Bengali
- লাভ labh, মুনাফা munapha, ফায়দা phaẏoda
- benefit in Telugu
- లబ్ధి labdhi
- benefit in Malayalam
- ആനുകൂല്യം ānukūlyaṁ
- benefit in Kannada
- ಸಲೆ, ಸಲುಗೆ
- benefit in Punjabi
- فائدہ fā'idah, وارا vārā
- benefit in Gujarati
- ફાયદો phāyado
- benefit in Odia
- ଲାଭ lābha
- benefit in Sanskrit
- वर vára, उपकार upakāra, शुभ śubha, फल phála
- benefit in Sinhala
- ප්රයෝජනය prayōjanaya
- benefit in Assamese
- লাভ labh
- benefit in Arabic
- فَائِدَة fāʔida, جَدْوَى jadwā, مَنْفَعَة manfaʕa, نَفْع nafʕ
- benefit in Malay
- faedah, kebaikan
- benefit in Thai
- ประโยชน์ bprà-yòot, ผลประโยชน์ pǒn-bprà-yòot
Examples of benefit in a sentence
- When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...
- The other explanation is that none of this ever took place, and the staging was only a fictitious creation for the benefit of the Court.2020 April 16, Gary D.D. Morrison, J.S.C., “Succession de Kalimbet Piela c. Obodzinski, 2020 QCCS 1222”, in CanLII, retrieved 09 May 2021:
Synonyms of benefit
Antonyms
Forms of benefit
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | benefits |
| alternative misspelling | benifit |
| alternative form (obsolete) | benefite |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | benefits |
| present participle | benefiting |
| present participle | benefitting |
| past participle | benefited |
| past | benefited |
| past participle | benefitted |
| past | benefitted |
Origin of benefit
From Late Middle English benefytt, benefett, alteration (due to Latin bene-) of 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 bienfaire (“to do good, do well”), from bien (“well”) + faire (“to do”), modelled after Latin benefactum (“good deed”). More at benefactor.
Words formed from benefit
- beneficial
- benefit cliff
- benefiter
- benefitless
- co-benefit
- benefitable
- benefit association
- benefit club
- benefit corporation
- benefit-cost analysis
- benefit-cost ratio
- benefit dollar
- benefit in kind
- benefit of clergy
- benefit of doubt
- benefit of inventory
- benefit of the doubt
- benefit principle
- benefits coordinator
- benefit segmentation
- benefit society
- benefit tourism
- bennies
- cafeteria benefit
- child benefit
- child tax benefit
- cobenefit
- core benefit
- cost-benefit analysis
- cost benefit analysis
- death benefit
- defined benefit
- disbenefit
- elective benefit
- electronic benefit transfer
- employee benefit
- equivalent annual benefit
- family benefit
- friend with benefits
- fringe benefit
- in benefit
- income-related benefit
- injury benefit
- marginal benefit
- maternity benefit
- means-tested benefit
- non-pecuniary benefit
- nonstatutory fringe benefit
- nonwage benefit
- private benefit
- risk-benefit
- sickness benefit
- state benefit
- stranded benefit
- supplementary benefit
- survivor benefit
- unbenefited
- unbenefiting
- unemployment benefit
- variable death benefit
Phrases with benefit
Questions about benefit
- What does benefit mean?
- Benefit means an advantage; help or aid from something.
- What is benefit in Hindi?
- Benefit in Hindi is लाभ (lābh), हित (hit). See Benefit meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use benefit in a sentence?
- When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr.
- What part of speech is benefit?
- Benefit can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce benefit?
- Benefit is pronounced /ˈbɛn.ɪ.fɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of benefit?
- The plural of benefit is benefits.
Words near benefit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: benefit (page history and authors); benefit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उपयोग (Marathi) (page history and authors); benefit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); فائدہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ફાયદો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଲାଭ (Odia) (page history and authors); उपकार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ප්රයෝජනය (Sinhala) (page history and authors); লাভ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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