BENEFIT
\bˈɛnɪfˌɪt], \bˈɛnɪfˌɪt], \b_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_f_ˌɪ_t]\
Definitions of BENEFIT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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be beneficial for; "This will do you good"
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financial assistance in time of need
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derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An act of kindness; a favor conferred.
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Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit.
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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.
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Beneficence; liberality.
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Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments.
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To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.
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To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.
By Oddity Software
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An act of kindness; a favor conferred.
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Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit.
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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.
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Beneficence; liberality.
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Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments.
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To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.
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To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.
By Noah Webster.
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An act of kindness; a favor conferred; whatever promotes the happiness and well-being of a person or thing, or adds to the value of property; a theatrical performance, the proceeds of which go to one of the actors, etc.
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To do good to; be of service to.
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To gain advantage; make improvement.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A favor: advantage: a performance at a theatre, the proceeds of which go to one of the company.
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To do good to.
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To gain advantage:-pr.p. benefiting; pa.p. benefited.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] An act of kindness; a favour conferred;—whatever contributes to promote prosperity, happiness, or property;—a performance at a theatre or elsewhere, the proceeds of which are given to a particular person or object.
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A kindness, a favour conferred; advantage, profit, use; in law, benefit of clergy is, that a man being found guilty of such felony as this benefit is granted for, is burnt in the hand, and set free, if the ordinary's commissioner standing by, do say, Legit ut clericus.
By Thomas Sheridan
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Theodore Tilton
- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.