benefit English
Noun
( en noun)
An advantage, help, sake or aid from something.
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, passage=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.}}
A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
A performance, etc, given to raise funds for some cause.
(obsolete) beneficence; liberality
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Derived terms
* beneficial
* benefiter
Synonyms
* (advantage, help ): foredeal, advantage, aid, assistance, boon, help
* (payment ): subsidy
Antonyms
* (advantage, help ): disadvantage, encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, obstacle, detriment
See also
* lagniappe
Verb
To be or to provide a benefit to.
* Bible, Jer. xviii. 10
- I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
Usage notes
* Benefiting and benefited are more common, with benefitting and benefitted being a minor variant especially in the US.
Synonyms
* help, batten
Antonyms
* malefic
* detriment
Derived terms
(terms derived from "benefit")
* 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
* 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
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Related terms
(terms related to "benefit")
* benefactor
* beneficence
* beneficent
* beneficiary
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develop English
(Development)
Alternative forms
* develope (obsolete)
Verb
To change with a specific direction, progress.
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(ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
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* Owen
- All insects acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed .
To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
* Jowett (Thucyd)
- We must develop our own resources to the utmost.
To create.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby
, magazine=( American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything
, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
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To bring out images latent in photographic film.
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To acquire something usually over a period of time.
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(chess) To place one's pieces actively.
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(snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
(math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
Usage notes
* Objects: plan, software, program, product, story, idea.
Related terms
* developing
* development
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