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noun

Benefit n.

An act of kindness; a favor conferred. "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits."

Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit. "Men have no right to what is not for their benefit."

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.

Beneficence; liberality. (Obs.)

pl. Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments. (R.) "The benefits of your own country."

Benefit of clergy. (Law) See under Clergy.

Synonyms: Profit; service; use; avail. See Advantage.

verb

Benefit v. t. (past & past part. benefitted; pres. part. benefitting) 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."

Benefit v. i. (past & past part. benefitted; pres. part. benefitting) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.

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Etymology of 'Benefit'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Benefit" Quotes from Famous Books

... Research,' than the boundless ocean, which occupies two thirds of our world; it will, under these circumstances, be advisable to illustrate our subject largely, and to lose no opportunity of extending it for our benefit. We need not fear to exhaust the topic; for do not the vast waters encompass the globe; and can we contemplate these great works of our Creator, without having our hearts filled with wonder and admiration? This, my children, will lead us to the right source; to the Author of ...

— The World of Waters - A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea • Mrs. David Osborne

... Frau Vorkel could not persuade him to see a physician. He often, however, inhaled deep draughts of a concoction that he had made in the laboratory with his son's letter before him, and as he seemed to derive no benefit from it he would distil it again and mix with ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... welcomed by British savants. In 1896 women, who had long sought the privilege, were permitted to compete for the diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons, and in many other walks of usefulness the barriers excluding women have been removed, with benefit to all concerned. It is not other than natural that under the reign of a noble woman there should arise women noble-minded as herself, cherishing ideas of life and duty lofty as her own, and that their greatest elevation of purpose should tent to raise ...

— Great Britain and Her Queen • Anne E. Keeling

... such self-satisfied gravity, and withal seemed to have made up his mind so thoroughly to accompany his young master, that Lawrence gave in, and they had not gone far when he began really to feel the benefit of Quashy's light talk. We do not mean to inflict it all on the reader, but a few sentences may, perhaps, be advantageous to the development of ...

— The Rover of the Andes - A Tale of Adventure on South America • R.M. Ballantyne

... reflected, "war is not an unmixed evil," and outlined a sermon, to be called the Gains of War, and subsequently reprinted in pamphlet form and sold for the benefit of the new altar fund. He instructed Jackson to drive to the parish house instead of to the rectory, so that he might jot down the headings while they were in his mind. They ran like this: Spiritual growth; the nobility of sacrifice; the pursuit of an ideal; the doctrine ...

— Dangerous Days • Mary Roberts Rinehart

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