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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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honour
English
Alternative forms
- honor (American)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n?(?)/
Noun
honour (countable and uncountable, plural honours)
- British spelling, Canadian spelling, South African spelling, Commonwealth of Nations, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
- 1902, Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible, Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:
- Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour.
- 1902, Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible, Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:
Antonyms
- dishonour
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
honour (third-person singular simple present honours, present participle honouring, simple past and past participle honoured)
- British spelling, Canadian spelling, Commonwealth of Nations, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
Derived terms
- honour in the breach
Translations
Middle English
Etymology
Anglo-Norman honour.
Noun
honour (plural honours)
- honour
Descendants
- English: honour, honor
References
p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.
Old French
Noun
honour m (oblique plural honours, nominative singular honours, nominative plural honour)
- Late Anglo-Norman spelling of honur
- […] prierent au roi qe mesme le cont purroit estre restorez a ses noun et honour de marquys queux il avoit pardevant.
- […] prayed to the king that even the count could be restored to his name and his honour of marquee that he had before
- […] prierent au roi qe mesme le cont purroit estre restorez a ses noun et honour de marquys queux il avoit pardevant.
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