Meaning of benefit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Advantage or gain that obtains in something.
2. An advantage; help or aid from something
3. An advantage; help or aid from something.
   countable, uncountable
4. To be helpful or useful to.
5. Overtaking in the studio.
6. A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme
7. profit
8. A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
   countable, uncountable
9. To derive benefit: You will benefit from her good example.
10. The contrary of harm, treating of the influence that the foods can exert in the health.
11. An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause
12. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar
13. An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
    countable, uncountable
14. A favorable judgment granted in the absence of full evidence.
15. beneficence; liberality
16. Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
    countable, uncountable
17. benefit of the doubt, a favorable opinion or judgment adopted despite uncertainty.
18. Intended audience (as for the benefit of)
19. The term used in the United Kingdom for welfare payments.
20. something good to receive, an advantage. the benefit of experience; the benefits of fresh air and exercise. voordeel فائِده، مَنْفَعَه облага benefício výhoda, užitek; dobrodiní der Nutzen gode; fordel; gavn; nytte όφελοςbeneficio tulu, kasu بهره مندی؛ سودمندی etu bienfaitsתועלת, יתרון लाभ prednost előny, haszon keuntungan, kebaikan, manfaat hagsbót, gagn beneficio 利益 이익 nauda labums; pabalsts manfaat voordeelgode, fordel, nytte, gagnkorzyść ګټه اخيستل، فايده من كيدل، سودمن كېدل benefício ben...
21. to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so. voordeel gee يُبَرِّئ لِعَدَم تَوَفُّ الأدِلّه ، يَجْعَل قَرينَةُ الشَّك لِصالِحِه приемам, че някой казва истината dar o benefício da dúvida dát za pravdu i při pochybnosti im Zweifel für jemanden entscheiden lade tvivlen komme nogen til gode απαλλάσσω λόγω αμφιβολιών dar a uno el beneficio de la duda (kedagi) süütõendite puudumisel õigeks tunnistama علیرغم وجود شبهه کسی را بی گناه اعلام کردن luot...
22. beneficio, favor; servicio, provecho;allocation of ___ -s → asignación de ___ -s.
23. Something that promotes or enhances well-being; an advantage: The nurse explained the benefits of regular exercise.
24. A payment made by a government agency or insurance company to qualifying persons in time of need: an increase in welfare benefits.

Equivalents

Examples

“She can't read, so the voice recording was made for her benefit.”

“Exposure to cutting-edge technologies is one of the benefits of the job.”

“When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.”

“For the trip over the grass-covered sleepers and between the cow-parsley and briars, an open wagon was added to the usual combination of locomotive and coach, for the benefit of those who wanted to take photographs.”

“Gore Vidal […] will be sharing his wit and wisdom at the Arlington Street Church on Wednesday, April 5th at 7:00. The appearance is a benefit for the Boston/Boise Committee and the tickets are priced at $5.”

“The Birds, that liue i'th field / On the vvilde Benefit of nature, liue / Happier then vve; for they may chooſe their Mates, / And carroll their ſvveet pleaſures to the Spring: […]”

“The whole scene was staged for his benefit, and it completely fooled him.”

“Since my wife is Canadian, whenever we have dinner with my family, they keep bringing up anything they've heard about Canada lately for her benefit.”

“So, if Obodzinski is correct in saying that Mrs. Piela actually signed a document in the coffee shop, in front of witnesses, she staged a scene, pretending that it was the alleged Mandate. The other explanation is that none of this ever took place, and the staging was only a fictitious creation for the benefit of the Court.”

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