BENEFIT

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

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Etymology

Noun

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

Synonyms

• (advantage, help): foredeal, advantage, aid, assistance, boon, help

• (payment): subsidy

Antonyms

• (advantage, help): harm, disadvantage, encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, obstacle, detriment

Verb

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.

Usage notes

• Benefiting and benefited are more common, with benefitting and benefitted being minor variants, especially in the US.

Synonyms

• help, batten, behoove

Antonyms

• malefic

• detriment

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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