Benefits ˈbenɪfɪt Good I Money People Modern Company

• freedom of information brings great benefits.
• health/economic/tax benefits
• the benefits of modern medicine
• i've had the benefit of a good education.

benefit

1. an advantage that something gives you; a helpful and useful effect that something has
• SEE ALSO cost–benefit
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cost-benefit
• Freedom of information brings great benefits.
• health/economic/tax benefits
• the benefits of modern medicine
• I've had the benefit of a good education.
• It was good to see her finally reaping the benefits (= enjoying the results) of all her hard work.
• The industry will be one of the first to enjoy the benefits of the recovery.
• The company derived substantial benefit from the deal.
• He couldn't see the benefit of arguing any longer.
• The new regulations will be of benefit to everyone concerned.
• It will be to your benefit to arrive early.
• The project will have major benefits for the local community.
• With the benefit of hindsight (= knowing what we have learnt since), we would do things differently.
• Nobody should be sent to prison without the benefit of legal advice.
• For maximum benefit, take the tablets before meals.

Extra Examples

• The different environmental groups could work together to their mutual benefit.
• They somehow manage to work without the benefit of modern technology.
• I can see the benefits that such games give children.
• If you want to maximize the benefits of blueberries, eat them raw.
• Same-sex couples were denied the benefits given to married couples.
• The benefits easily outweigh the cost.
• The method has many additional benefits.
• The new factory will bring considerable benefits to the area.
• This deal will offer major benefits to industrialists and investors.
• Weigh the benefits of hiring help before hiring new employees.
• What are the benefits to investors?
• Consumers choose organic meat for a number of reasons, including perceived health benefits.
• a marketing campaign which promotes the cosmetic benefits of vitamin E
2. money provided by the government to people who need financial help because they are unemployed, ill, etc.
• SEE ALSO child benefit
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/child-benefit
• You may be eligible to receive benefits.
• The number of people claiming unemployment benefit fell last month.
• The aim is to help people who are on benefits (= receiving benefits) to find jobs.

Extra Examples

• He's on social security benefit.
• She is worried that if she takes on a job she will lose her benefits.
• One way to cut spending is to move from universal benefits—those paid to everyone regardless of need—to means-tested ones.
• Benefit is paid monthly.
3. an advantage that you get from a company in addition to the money that you earn
• SEE ALSO fringe benefit
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fringe-benefit
• Private health insurance is offered as part of the employees' benefits package.
• These benefits will now be extended to agency workers.
4. money from an insurance company
• The insurance plan will provide substantial cash benefits to your family in case of your death.
5. an event such as a performance, a dinner, etc., organized in order to raise money for a particular person or charity
• a benefit match/concert
• The proceeds from the benefit will go directly to the refugee camps.
6. especially in order to help or be useful to somebody
• I have typed out some lecture notes for the benefit of those people who were absent last week.
• Don't go to any trouble for my benefit!
7. to accept that somebody has told the truth or behaved well because you cannot prove that they have not
• She may have been lying, but I felt I had to give her the benefit of the doubt.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (originally denoting a kind deed or something well done): from Old French bienfet, from Latin benefactum ‘good deed’, from bene facere ‘do good (to)’.