different between benefit vs prerogative

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)

1. An advantage; help or aid from something.
2. (insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
3. An event such as a performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
4. (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

5. 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)

1. (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
2. (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)

1. 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

1. third-person singular present passive indicative of benefaci?

English

Alternative forms

• prærogative (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman prerogative (noun), from Latin praerog?t?va (“previous verdict; claim, privilege”), noun use of the feminine singular of praerog?t?vus (“having first vote; privileged”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??????.?.t?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??????.?.t?v/, /p????.??.t?v/

Noun

prerogative (plural prerogatives)

1. A hereditary or official right or privilege.
2. A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement.
3. A right, especially when due to one's position or role.
   • 2005, Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate, page 56:

     If you choose another approach — that's your prerogative. But the problem is that parents often don't realize they're making the choice […]
4. A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.

Translations

Adjective

prerogative (comparative more prerogative, superlative most prerogative)

1. Having a hereditary or official right or privilege.

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “prerogative”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Italian

Noun

prerogative f pl

1. plural of prerogativa

Anagrams

• riporgevate

Middle French

Etymology

Either inherited from Old French prerogative or independently borrowed from Latin praerogativa.

Noun

prerogative f (plural prerogatives)

1. prerogative; privilege

Adjective

prerogative f sg

1. feminine singular of prerogatif

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation 1234 by Huon de Meri in Le tornoiement de l'Antéchrist. Borrowed from Latin praerog?t?va (“previous verdict; claim, privilege”).

Noun

prerogative f (oblique plural prerogatives, nominative singular prerogative, nominative plural prerogatives)

1. prerogative (right or privilege)