benefit
Meaning of benefit
noun
- an advantage or profit gained from something.
enjoy the benefits of being a member
the changes are of benefit to commerce
- a payment made by the state or an insurance scheme to someone entitled to receive it.
part-time jobs supplemented by means-tested benefits
families on benefit
- an event such as a concert or game that is intended to raise money for a particular player or charity.
the social season was highlighted by debutante balls and charity benefits
a benefit gig
- receive an advantage; profit.
the areas would benefit from regeneration
late Middle English (originally denoting a kind deed or something well done): from Old French bienfet, from Latin benefactum ‘good deed’, from bene facere ‘do good (to)’.
Information about benefit
- The plural form of benefit is: benefits.
- Languages in which benefit is used:
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Hyphenation of benefit
ben-e-fit
- It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
- benefit is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
benefit synonyms
Meaning welfare:
Meaning profit:
Meaning benefit or advantage to someone or something:
Meaning out of consideration for or in order to help or please someone:
Meaning the feeling of wanting to know or learn about something or someone:
Meaning fulfilment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs, or the pleasure derived from this:
Meaning the action of possessing and benefiting from something:
Meaning a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favourable or superior position:
Meaning a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint:
Meaning absence of difficulty or effort:
Meaning the state of being able to proceed with something without difficulty:
Meaning the action of helping someone to do something:
Meaning help, typically of a practical nature:
Meaning the action of helping someone by sharing work:
Meaning use or benefit:
Meaning the value or advantage of something:
Meaning the state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial:
Meaning the action of helping or doing work for someone:
Meaning a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement:
Meaning a good feature or point:
Meaning the quality or state of being physically strong:
Meaning a useful or valuable thing or person:
Meaning an advantage:
Meaning an extra and unexpected advantage:
Meaning a thing that is helpful or beneficial:
Meaning a beneficial thing for which one is grateful:
Meaning behaviour showing high moral standards:
Meaning become or make more cheerful, lively, or interesting:
Meaning the quality or fact of being useful:
Meaning the quality of giving or being ready to give help:
Meaning the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something:
Meaning a benefit which one enjoys or is entitled to on account of one's job or position:
Meaning a regular payment made by the state to people of or above the official retirement age and to some widows and disabled people:
Meaning an organization set up to provide help and raise money for those in need:
Meaning something that is given to a charity, especially a sum of money:
Meaning a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present:
Meaning make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource):
benefit antonyms
Meaning the state of being harmed or damaged:
Meaning an unfavourable circumstance or condition that reduces the chances of success or effectiveness:
Meaning a feature that renders something less acceptable; a disadvantage or problem:
Translation of benefit
- Portuguese: vantagem, benefício, utilidade
- Spanish: beneficio, beneficiar, prestación
- Italian: utilità, beneficio
- German: Nutzen, Leistung
Words that rhyme with benefit
befit, unbefit, disbenefit, prebenefit, rebenefit, superbenefit, barefit, forefit, refit
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