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benefitt

benefitt is the archaic spelling of benefit.

Meaning of benefit

Noun

benefit (countable and uncountable, plural benefits)

  1. An advantage; help or aid from something.
    • She can't read, so the voice recording was made for her benefit.
  2. A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
    Synonyms:
    subsidy
  3. 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
  4. (obsolete) 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
  5. Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
    • The whole scene was staged for his benefit, and it completely fooled him.

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Forms of benefitt

pluralbenefitts

Questions about benefitt

What is benefitt the archaic spelling of?
Benefitt is the archaic spelling of benefit.

Words near benefitt in the dictionary

  1. benefits
  2. benefits cliff
  3. benefits cliffs
  4. benefits in kind
  5. benefits of the doubt
  6. benefitt
  7. benefitted
  8. benefitter
  9. benefitters
  10. benefittest
  11. benefitteth

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