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How to pronounce benefit in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms do good
Type of aid, help
Derivation beneficent
Type Words
Synonyms welfare
Type of goodness, good
Has types advantage, sake, reward, interest
Derivation beneficial


for the benefit of all.
Type Words
Synonyms gain, profit
Type of get, acquire
Has types sack, capitalise, capitalize, cash in on, clear, take advantage, sack up, pyramid, profiteer, net
Type Words
Type of performance, public presentation
Has types benefit concert
Type Words
Type of payment
Has types sick benefit, cost-of-living benefit, death benefit, disability benefit, fringe benefit, perk, perquisite, sickness benefit, stock option

Examples of benefit

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All proceeds will benefit Animal House Fund, a St. Louis non-profit cat shelter.
From the stltoday.com
Skiers, boarders, snowmachiners, mushers or even automobile drivers can benefit.
From the thenewstribune.com
Kenny Chesney and Jimmy Buffett performing at the Everglades Foundation benefit.
From the bloomberg.com
The Postal Service was overcharged and subsequently overpaid into benefit funds.
From the washingtontimes.com
Proceeds will benefit the Presbyterian Women's local and international missions.
From the post-gazette.com
In your opinion, what other regions of the world might benefit from reclamation?
From the cnn.com
Like Vancouver, Portland should benefit greatly from its three early selections.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Margins have continued to benefit from ongoing improvements to the supply chain.
From the hemscott.com
Credit unions of all sizes can benefit from our relationship-based product line.
From the foxbusiness.com
More examples
  • Financial assistance in time of need
  • Profit: derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience"
  • Be beneficial for; "This will do you good"
  • Something that aids or promotes well-being; "for the benefit of all"
  • A performance to raise money for a charitable cause
  • Benefit is the third album by Jethro Tull. It was released in April 1970. It was the first album to include pianist and organist John Evan (although he was not yet considered a regular member of the group), and the last to include bass guitarist Glenn Cornick. It reached #3 in the UK album charts.
  • Employee benefits and (especially in British English) benefits in kind (also called fringe benefits, perquisites, perqs or perks) are various non-wage compensations provided to employees in addition to their normal wages or salaries. ...
  • A benefit or testimonial is a match or season of activities granted by a sporting body to a loyal sportsman to boost their income before retirement. Often this is in the form of a match for which all the ticket proceeds are given to the player in question.
  • (Benefits (How I Met Your Mother)) "Benefits" is the 12th episode in the fourth season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 76th overall. It originally aired on January 12, 2009.