benefit, welfare
(noun) something that aids or promotes well-being; “for the benefit of all”
benefit
(noun) a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
benefit
(noun) financial assistance in time of need
profit, gain, benefit
(verb) derive a benefit from; “She profited from his vast experience”
benefit, do good
(verb) be beneficial for; “This will do you good”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
benefit (countable and uncountable, plural benefits)
An advantage; help or aid from something.
(insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
An event such as a performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
(obsolete) beneficence; liberality
• (advantage, help): foredeal, advantage, aid, assistance, boon, help
• (payment): subsidy
• (advantage, help): harm, disadvantage, encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, obstacle, detriment
benefit (third-person singular simple present benefits, present participle benefitting or benefiting, simple past and past participle benefitted or benefited)
(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
(intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
• Benefiting and benefited are more common, with benefitting and benefitted being minor variants, especially in the US.
• help, batten, behoove
• malefic
• detriment
Source: Wiktionary
Ben"e*fit, n. Etym: [OE. benefet, benfeet, bienfet, F. bienfait, fr. L. benefactum; bene well (adv. of bonus good) + factum, p. p. of facere to do. See Bounty, and Fact.]
1. An act of kindness; a favor conferred. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. ciii. 2.
2. Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit. Men have no right to what is not for their benefit. Burke.
3. 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.
4. Beneficence; liberality. [Obs.] Webster (1623).
5. pl.
Definition: Natural advantaged; endowments; accomplishments. [R.] "The benefits of your own country." Shak. Benefit of clergy. (Law) See under Clergy.
Syn.
– Profit; service; use; avail. See Advantage.
Ben"e*fit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benefited; p. pr. & vb. n. Benefitting.]
Definition: To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit. I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. Jer. xviii. 10.
Ben"e*fit, v. i.
Definition: To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
