Definition of benefit

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Benefit (n.) A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use..

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Privilege :: Privilege (n.) A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise..
Benefactress :: Benefactress (n.) A woman who confers a benefit.
Enjoy :: Enjoy (v. t.) To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it..
Salute :: Salute (v. t.) To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.
Benefit :: Benefit (n.) An act of kindness; a favor conferred.
Behalf :: Behalf (n.) Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.
Trustee :: Trustee (n.) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process..
Benefice :: Benefice (n.) A favor or benefit.
Endow :: Endow (v. t.) To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits..
Bespeak :: Bespeak (n.) A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.).
Benefit :: Benefit (n.) A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use..
Commensal :: Commensal (n.) An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in, with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be benefited by the association..
Outlaw :: Outlaw (n.) A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection..
Service :: Service (n.) Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail.
Stead :: Stead (v. t.) To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.
Tontine :: Tontine (n.) An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance..
Benefaction :: Benefaction (n.) A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation.
Benefitting :: Benefitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benefi.
Revocation :: Revocation (n.) The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a license..
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