| NOUN | possession | benefit | financial assistance in time of need |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | benefit, welfare | something that aids or promotes well-being | |
| communication | benefit | a performance to raise money for a charitable cause | |
| VERB | possession | benefit, profit, gain | derive a benefit from |
| possession | benefit, do good | be beneficial for |
| Sounds | beh'nahfiht | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... | |
| Meaning | financial assistance in time of need. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | cost-of-living benefit | A benefit that goes to anyone whose money receipts increase automatically as prices rise |
| death benefit | insurance or pension money payable to a beneficiary of a deceased | |
| disability benefit | insurance benefits paid in case of disability | |
| fringe benefit, perquisite, perk | An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right) | |
| sick benefit, sickness benefit | money paid (by the government) to someone who is too ill to work | |
| stock option | A benefit given by a company to an employee in the form of an option to buy stock in the company at a discount or at a fixed price | |
| Broader | payment | A sum of money paid or a claim discharged |
| Spanish | prestación, subsidio | |
| Catalan | subsidi | |
| Meaning | Something that aids or promotes well-being. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "for the benefit of all" | |
| Synonym | welfare | |
| Narrower | advantage, reward | benefit resulting from some event or action |
| sake, interest | A reason for wanting something done | |
| Broader | good, goodness | That which is pleasing or valuable or useful / useful |
| Spanish | beneficio, provecho | |
| Catalan | benefici, profit | |
| Adjectives | beneficial | promoting or enhancing well-being |
| Verbs | benefit | derive a benefit from |
| benefit | be beneficial for | |
| Meaning | A performance to raise money for a charitable cause. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | benefit concert | A concert given for the benefit of some charitable cause |
| Broader | performance, public presentation | A dramatic or musical entertainment |
| Spanish | espectáculo benéfico | |
| Catalan | espectacle benèfic | |
| Meaning | derive a benefit from. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | profit, gain | |
| Narrower | capitalize, capitalise, take advantage | Draw advantages from |
| cash in on | take advantage of or capitalize on | |
| net, sack, sack up, clear | make as a net profit | |
| profiteer | make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods | |
| pyramid | enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts | |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Spanish | adquirir, aprovecharse, aprovechar, beneficiarse, beneficiar, ganar, obtener frutos, sacar provecho, sacar ventaja | |
| Catalan | afavorir, aprofitar-se, beneficiar-se, beneficiar | |
| Nouns | benefit | something that aids or promotes well-being |
| Meaning | Be beneficial for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | do good | |
| Broader | help, aid | improve the condition of |
| Spanish | beneficiar | |
| Catalan | beneficiar | |
| Adjectives | beneficent | doing or producing good |
| Nouns | benefit | something that aids or promotes well-being |
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