benefit

Etymology
From Late, , alteration (due to 🇨🇬) of , , , from , , from , , from past participle of , from + , modelled after 🇨🇬. More at.

Noun

 * 1) An advantage; help or aid from something.
 * 2)  A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
 * 3) An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
 * 4)  beneficence; liberality
 * 5) Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
 * 1) An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
 * 2)  beneficence; liberality
 * 3) Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
 * 1) Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
 * 1) Intended audience (as for the benefit of).

Derived terms

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Translations

 * Arabic: فَائِدَة, جَدْوَى, مَنْفَعَة, نَفْع
 * Armenian:
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:, , ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: kaayohan, kapuslanan, dapot, gadgad, benepisyo
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, idiomatic expression: ten voordele van,
 * Esperanto:, profito, utilo
 * Ewe: viɖe
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სარგებელი, სარგებლობა, ხეირი
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ὄφελος
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Interlingua: beneficio, avantage
 * Irish: brabach
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Korean:
 * Krymchak: мефе
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: سوود
 * Lao: ປະໂຫຍດ, ຜົນປະໂຫຍດ
 * Latin:
 * Lü: ᦎᦱᦡᦲ
 * Malay:, faedah
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: huanga, patanga,
 * Nahuatl: teinellili
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: fremu
 * Ottoman Turkish: افاده, فائده
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , , ,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: prothaid
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: ,


 * Arabic: فَائِدَة
 * Avar: пайда
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lü: ᦎᦱᦡᦲ
 * Malay: faedah
 * Old English: fremu, nytt
 * Ottoman Turkish: فائده
 * Persian: فائده
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tajik: фойда
 * Tatar:
 * Turkish:
 * Yagnobi: фойда
 * Zazaki: fayde


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: социа́лна по́мощ
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: subvencio
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 給付金,
 * Korean: ,
 * Maori: mini oranga, penihana
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ytelse
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, социа́льная по́мощь
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: (соціа́льна) допомо́га


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: benefico
 * Finnish: lahjanäytäntö, lahjanäytös, lahjaottelu
 * German:, Benefizveranstaltung,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 慈善興行
 * Korean: 자선행사
 * Portuguese:, evento beneficente
 * Romanian:, beneficii
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: dobrotvorna akcija
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:

Verb

 * 1)  To be or to provide a benefit to.
 * 2)  To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
 * 1)  To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

Usage notes

 * Benefiting and benefited are more common, with benefitting and benefitted being minor variants, more so in North America.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ползвам някого
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: prospět
 * Esperanto: profiti
 * Finnish: olla hyödyksi, olla hyödyllinen,
 * German: von Vorteil sein
 * Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ὠφελέω, ἀγαθοποιέω, ὀνίνημι
 * Hungarian:, javára/hasznára/előnyére van/válik
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:, beneficio, iuvō
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Catalan:
 * Czech: prospět
 * Esperanto: profiti
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: სარგებლობა, გამორჩენა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: ὠφελέομαι
 * Hungarian:, hasznát látja
 * Italian:, , , , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 견리하다
 * Ngazidja Comorian: hundra faiɗa
 * Portuguese: beneficiar-se de
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: dra fördel av, ,

Etymology
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Noun

 * , advantage