Definitions for benefits

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benefits ben·e·fit

Spelling: [ben-uh-fit]

IPA: /ˈbɛn ə fɪt/

Benefits is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 203 anagrams from letters in benefits (beefinst).

Definitions for benefits

noun

1. something that is advantageous or good; an advantage:
2. a payment or gift, as one made to help someone or given by an employer, an insurance company, or a public agency:
3. a theatrical performance or other public entertainment to raise money for a charitable organization or cause.
4. Archaic. an act of kindness; good deed; benefaction.

Idioms

1. for someone's benefit, so as to produce a desired effect in another's mind:

verb (used with object)

1. to do good to; be of service to:

verb (used without object)

1. to derive benefit or advantage; profit; make improvement:

Origin of benefits

1350-1400; late Middle English benefytt, benefett (noun), alteration (with Latinized first syllable) of Middle English b(i)enfet, benefait Anglo-French benfet, Middle French bienfait Latin be

Examples for benefits

The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.

I could make the wind blow, but, like other magicians, I could not share in its benefits.

As yet the good townsfolk are hardly alive to the benefits of a railway.

And it often travels so lightly that you can forget you are clothed in its benefits.

I am that only Folly that so readily and indifferently bestows my benefits on all.

Everything which benefits one of the halves benefits the other.

Indeed, study after study affirms the benefits of involved fatherhood for women and children.

Indeed, it's unclear what, if any, benefits the average Cuban will reap from increased diplomacy between the two countries.

The benefits belong to all who are baptized and believe, because God has said so.

While 15 miles per week has benefits, “the sweet spot is probably around 30 miles of running per week,” Williams argues.