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Beneficiary vs Assisted - What's the difference?

beneficiary | assisted |

As a noun beneficiary

is one who benefits or receives an advantage.

As an adjective beneficiary

is holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.

As a verb assisted is

(assist).

beneficiary

English

Noun

(beneficiaries)
  • One who benefits or receives an advantage.
    • You are the lucky beneficiary of this special offer.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=September 7 , author=Dominic Fifield , title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years. }}
  • (legal) One who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate.
    • If any beneficiary''' does not survive the Settlor for a period of 30 days then the Trustee shall distribute that '''beneficiary'''’s share to the surviving '''beneficiaries by right of representation.

    Related terms

    * benefactor * benefactress

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • a feudatory or beneficiary king of England
  • Bestowed as a gratuity.
    • beneficiary gifts

    See also

    * (wikipedia "beneficiary")

    assisted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (assist)

    • assist

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
    • A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.
  • (label) To attend
  • * 1967 , The Rev. Loren Gavitt (ed.), Saint Augustine's Prayer Book: A Book of Devotion for members of the Episcopal Church , revised edition, West Park, NY: Holy Cross Publications, p. 8:
    • To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation.
  • To help.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The referee seemed well placed to award the goal, but video evidence suggested the protests were well founded and the incident only strengthens the case of those lobbying for technology to assist officials.}}
  • (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.

    • Derived terms

    * assister * assistive

    Related terms

    * assistant * assistance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A helpful action or an act of giving.
    • The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.
  • (sports) A statistic used in different sports to quantify the act of helping another player score points or goals; in baseball, an assist is defensive, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
    • He had two assists in the game.

    Derived terms

    * assistful * assistless

    Anagrams

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