English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-benefit.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. An advantage, help or aid.
2. A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
3. A performance, etc, given to raise funds for some cause.

Synonyms
(advantage, help): advantage, aid, assistance, boon, help
(payment): subsidy

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

Nahuatl: teinellili
Portuguese: t+|pt|benefício
Spanish: t-|es|beneficio, t-|es|ventaja
Telugu: లబ�ధి (labdhi)
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trans-top|payment, subsidy
Dutch: t+|nl|voordeel|n, t+|nl|subsidie|f
Esperanto: subvencio
Finnish: avustus, korvaus
French: t+|fr|subvention|f
German: t+|de|Leistung|f
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Japanese: �� (���, jizen), �� (���, bokin)
Portuguese: pagamento, subsídio
Telugu: లబ�ధి (labdhi)
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trans-top|performance given to raise funds
Dutch: benefiet m, benefietconcert n
Esperanto: t-|eo|benefico|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: lahjanäytäntö, lahjanäytös, lahjaottelu
German: Benefizkonzert n, Benefizveranstaltung f
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Portuguese: t+|pt|beneficente
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See also
lagniappe

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To be a benefit (to someone).
2. intransitive To be a benefit.

Antonyms
malefic

Derived terms
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benefit association
benefit dollar
benefit in kind
benefit of clergy
benefit principle
benefit society
benefit-cost analysis
benefit-cost ratio
benefits coordinator
bennies
cafeteria benefit
child tax benefit
core benefit
cost-benefit analysis
death benefit
elective benefit
employee benefit
equivalent annual benefit
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family benefit
friend with benefits
fringe benefit
income-related benefit
injury benefit
maternity benefit
means-tested benefit
nonstatutory fringe benefit
nonwage benefit
private benefit
risk-benefit
sickness benefit
state benefit
stranded benefit
supplementary benefit
survivor benefit
unemployment benefit
variable death benefit
widow�s benefit
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Related terms
rel-top|terms related to "benefit"
benefactor
beneficence
beneficent
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beneficial
beneficiary
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Translations
trans-top|be a benefit (to someone)
Czech: t-|cs|prosp�t
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trans-top|to be a benefit
Czech: t-|cs|prosp�t
Finnish: olla hyödyksi
German: von Vorteil sein
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Japanese: ����� (tameni naru), 役�� (����, yakutatsu)
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• 2007-12-17 11:36 - Tbot - added t for fr, de, pt

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