benefit
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Is benefit a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.Synonyms: subsidycountableuncountable
2. (obsolete) beneficence; liberalityExamples: "The Birds, that liue i'th field / On the vvilde Benefit of nature, liue / Happier then vve; for they may chooſe their Mates, / And carroll their ſvveet pleaſures to the Spring: […]"countableobsoleteuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.Examples: "[…] I will repent of the good; wherewith I saide I would benefite them."; "The spending in and around local stations is creating micro-economies that are benefiting Great Britain's high streets, independent businesses and economic growth, both locally and on a national level."transitive
2. (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.Examples: "Diesel maintenance schedules are benefiting from work done on the magnificent Hilger & Watts electronic spectrograph for oil analysis, which detects minute quantities of metals in samples of used lubricating oil; [...]."; "Although some apeirophobics have benefitted from treatments like medication and cognitive behavioral therapy, others have found no way to mitigate the existential terror."; "Instead, the grime of the steam years which still discoloured many of the best architectural features Betjeman loved has been cleared away, and several of the stations have benefited from major refurbishments which have greatly improved them."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary