A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
Gore Vidal […] will be sharing his wit and wisdom at the Arlington Street Church on Wednesday, April 5th at 7:00. The appearance is a benefit for the Boston/Boise Committee and the tickets are priced at $5.
To be or to provide a benefit to.
[…] I will repent of the good; wherewith I saide I would benefite them.
From Late Middle English benefytt, benefett, alteration (due to Latin bene-) of benfet, bienfet, bienfait (“good or noble deed”), from Anglo-Norman benfet (“well-done”), Middle French bienfait, from O...
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To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
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; [...].