Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - benefit
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Benefit
benefit
(benefits, benefiting, or benefitting benefited, or benefitted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it. Each family farms individually and reaps the benefit of its labor... I’m a great believer in the benefits of this form of therapy... For maximum benefit, use your treatment every day. = advantage, profit N-VAR: oft N of n 2. If something is to your benefit or is of benefit to you, it helps you or improves your life. This could now work to Albania’s benefit... I hope what I have written will be of benefit to someone else who may feel the same way. = advantage N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss, of N to n 3. If you benefit from something or if it benefits you, it helps you or improves your life. Both sides have benefited from the talks. ...a variety of government programs benefiting children. = profit VERB: V from n, V n, also V 4. If you have the benefit of some information, knowledge, or equipment, you are able to use it so that you can achieve something. Steve didn’t have the benefit of a formal college education... = advantage N-UNCOUNT: N of n 5. Benefit is money that is given by the government to people who are poor, ill, or unemployed. ...the removal of benefit from school-leavers... N-VAR: oft on N 6. A benefit, or a benefit concert or dinner, is an event that is held in order to raise money for a particular charity or person. I am organising a benefit gig in Bristol to raise these funds. N-COUNT: oft N n 7. see also fringe benefit, unemployment benefit 8. If you give someone the benefit of the doubt, you treat them as if they are telling the truth or as if they have behaved properly, even though you are not sure that this is the case. At first I gave him the benefit of the doubt... PHRASE: usu PHR after v 9. If you say that someone is doing something for the benefit of a particular person, you mean that they are doing it for that person. You need people working for the benefit of the community... PHRASE: PHR after v
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French benfet, from Latin bene factum, from neuter of bene factus, past participle of bene facere Date: 14th century 1. archaic an act of kindness ; benefaction 2. a. something that promotes well-being ; advantage b. useful aid ; help 3. a. financial help in time of sickness, old age, or unemployment b. a payment or service provided for under an annuity, pension plan, or insurance policy c. a service (as health insurance) or right (as to take vacation time) provided by an employer in addition to wages or salary 4. an entertainment or social event to raise funds for a person or cause II. verb (~ed; also -fitted; -fiting; also -fitting) Date: 15th century transitive verb to be useful or profitable to intransitive verb to receive ~ has ~ed from his experience • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a favourable or helpful factor or circumstance; advantage, profit. 2 (often in pl.) payment made under insurance or social security (sickness benefit). 3 a public performance or game of which the proceeds go to a particular player or company or charitable cause. --v. (benefited, benefiting; US benefitted, benefitting) 1 tr. do good to; bring advantage to. 2 intr. (often foll. by from, by) receive an advantage or gain. Phrases and idioms benefit of clergy 1 hist. exemption of the English tonsured clergy and nuns from the jurisdiction of the ordinary civil courts. 2 ecclesiastical sanction or approval (marriage without benefit of clergy). the benefit of the doubt a concession that a person is innocent, correct, etc., although doubt exists. benefit society a society for mutual insurance against illness or the effects of old age. Etymology: ME f. AF benfet, OF bienfet, f. L benefactum f. bene facere do well ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) выгода; польза; выигрыш; преимущество - insurance benefit 2) извлекать выгоду; использовать преимущество ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. преимущество, привилегия 2. польза, благо public benefit —- общественное благо for the benefit of smb. —- на благо кого-л for your special benefit —- (только) ради вас to be for the benefit of one's health —- быть полезным для здоровья to give smb the benefit of one's experience —- поделиться с кем-л своим опытом he gave us the benefit of his advice —- он помог нам советом the book wasn't of much benefit to me —- книга не принесла мне особенной пользы 3. выгода; редко денежная прибыль to get benefit from smth —- извлекать пользу из чего-л 4. благодеяние, милость, доброе дело benefit concert —- благотворительный концерт to confer benefits on smb. —- осыпать кого-л милостями 5. пенсия, пособие (страховое, по безработице, по болезни) 6. юр. неподсудность 7. театр. бенефис 8. церк. уст. приход 9. приносить пользу, помогать; оказывать благотворное воздействие the sea air will benefit you —- морской воздух будет вам полезен 10. приносить выгоду, прибыль 11. получать пользу, помощь he benefited by the medicine —- лекарство помогло ему 12. извлекать выгоду ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) выгода; польза; прибыль to the benefit - на благо to be denied the benefits - не пользоваться преимуществами for your special benefit - ради вас to give smb. the benefit of ones experience (knowledge, etc.) - поделиться с кем-л. своим опытом (знаниями и т.п.) to reap the benefit of smth. - пожинать плоды чего-л. 2) theatr. бенефис (тж. benefit performance) 3) пенсия, (страховое) пособие - cash benefit - benefit in kind - unemployment benefit - sickness benefit to give smb. the benefit of the doubt - оправдать кого-л. за недостаточностью улик - benefit of clergy with benefit of clergy освященный церковью to take the benefit amer. объявить себя банкротом (эллиптически вм. to take the benefit of the bankruptcy laws) Syn: advantage, favour, gain, profit Ant: disadvantage, harm, loss 2. v. 1) помогать, приносить пользу 2) извлекать пользу, выгоду (by/from - из чего-л.) Did you benefit from your holiday? I think the boy would benefit by further study. BENEFIT in kind натуральное пособие BENEFIT of clergy hist. неподсудность духовенства светскому суду ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n 1 something that gives you advantages or improves your life in some way (an aid program that has brought lasting benefits to the region | have the benefit of) (She has had the benefit of a first-class education. | for sb's benefit (=in order to help someone or to be useful to them)) (All donations are used for the benefit of disabled children. | reap the benefit (=use and enjoy the advantages of something you have worked to achieve) | be of benefit formal (=be useful or helpful in some way)) (The new credit cards will be of great benefit to our customers.) 2 BrE money provided by the government to people who are sick or unemployed; welfare (3) AmE (Are you sure you're getting all the benefits you're entitled to? | housing/child/unemployment etc benefit) (How much unemployment benefit do you get? | on benefit (=receiving benefit)) (How long have you been on benefit?) 3 benefit concert/performance/match a concert, performance, etc arranged to make money for charity (2) (a benefit concert for famine relief) 4 give sb the benefit of the doubt to accept what someone tells you even though you think they may be lying 5 C usually plural the money or other advantages that you get from insurance that you have (The benefits include full medical cover when travelling abroad.) ~2 v 1 to bring advantages to someone or improve their lives in some way (a trade agreement that will greatly benefit the developing world) 2 to be helped by something (I can see the advantages of this for you, but how will I benefit?) + from/by (Many thousands have benefited from the new treatment.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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