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Benefit   /bˈɛnəfɪt/   Listen
Benefit

noun
1.
Financial assistance in time of need.
2.
Something that aids or promotes well-being.  Synonym: welfare.
3.
A performance to raise money for a charitable cause.
verb
(past & past part. benefitted; pres. part. benefitting)
1.
Derive a benefit from.  Synonyms: gain, profit.
2.
Be beneficial for.  Synonym: do good.



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"Benefit" Quotes from Famous Books



... house-shoes, and dons what is called a "confection" of light and easy material—such as a kind of half-silk—and of bright and festive colours. Some ostentatious diners changed this dress several times during the course of a protracted banquet, giving the company the benefit of as great a variety of "confections" as is afforded by a modern star actress in the theatre. If the days are long and it is suitable weather, he may perhaps dine in the garden at the back of the peristyle. Otherwise in the dining-room the three couches ...
— Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul • T. G. Tucker
... say I was going to ask you," retorted Grant. "I told you I was going to inform you. I looked them up for the benefit of my benighted companions. Now there's the Cape Cod Canal," he added. "I don't believe there's one of you ...
— Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat • Ross Kay
... been restored to favour, M. de Conde would be liberated; but such a measure by no means accorded with the views of De Luynes, who, aware of the influence of the noble prisoner, felt himself too weak to cope openly with the first Prince of the Blood; and, consequently, the only benefit which Conde derived from the death of the Marechal d'Ancre was a mitigation of the extreme vigilance with which he had hitherto been guarded. The conduct of the Princess his wife was at this juncture above all praise. She had, from ...
— The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 2 (of 3) • Julia Pardoe
... to bid them battle. The armies are ready to join; therefore show thyself in the field to encourage thy subjects; and you, Saladyne and Rosader, mount you, and show yourselves as hardy soldiers as you have been hearty lovers; so shall you, for the benefit of your country, discover the idea of your father's virtues to be stamped in your thoughts, and prove children worthy of so ...
— Rosalynde - or, Euphues' Golden Legacy • Thomas Lodge
... opal. Spanish Johnny brought it up for me from Chihuahua in his shoe. I had it set in Denver, and I wore it to-day for your benefit." ...
— Song of the Lark • Willa Cather


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