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benefit
English
Alternative forms
- benefite (obsolete)
Etymology
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 Old French bienfet, bienfait (“foredeal, favour”), from past participle of bienfaire (“to do good, do well”), from bien (“well”) + faire (“to do”), modelled after Latin benefactum (“good deed”). More at benefactor.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?n.?.f?t/
- (US) enPR: b?n'?f?t, IPA(key): /?b?n.?.f?t/
Noun
benefit (countable and uncountable, plural benefits)
- An advantage; help or aid from something.
- (insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
- An event such as a performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
- (obsolete) beneficence; liberality
- c. 1613, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
- What was it with such violence he
On the wild benefit of nature live took Happier than we
- What was it with such violence he
- c. 1613, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
- Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
Synonyms
- (advantage, help): foredeal, advantage, aid, assistance, boon, help
- (payment): subsidy
Antonyms
- (advantage, help): harm, disadvantage, encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, obstacle, detriment
Derived terms
- beneficial
- benefiter
- benifit (a misspelling)
Translations
See also
- lagniappe
Verb
benefit (third-person singular simple present benefits, present participle benefiting or benefitting, simple past and past participle benefited or benefitted)
- (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
- (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
Usage notes
- Benefiting and benefited are more common, with benefitting and benefitted being minor variants, especially in the US.
Synonyms
- help, batten, behoove
Antonyms
- malefic
- detriment
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English benefit.
Noun
benefit m (invariable)
- benefit, advantage
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?be.ne.fit/, [?b?n?f?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?be.ne.fit/, [?b??n?fit?]
Verb
benefit
- third-person singular present passive indicative of benefaci?
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award
English
Etymology
From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??w??d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??w??d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Noun
award (plural awards)
- (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
- (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
- A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
- (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
Derived terms
- Academy Award
- award ceremony
- book award
- Darwin Award
Translations
Verb
award (third-person singular simple present awards, present participle awarding, simple past and past participle awarded)
- (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge
- the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant
- To review / The wrongful sentence, and award a new.
- (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
- (transitive) To give (an award).
- Synonym: bestow
- Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.
- (transitive) To give (a person) an award.
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Synonyms
- (make or grant an award): crown
Derived terms
- awardable
- awardee
- awarder
- awarding
- awardment
- reaward
Translations
Further reading
- award in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- award in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Warda, adraw
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