benefit

v. be useful; receive benefit; give benefit; profit, be advantageous

n. advantage, profit; aid; stipend, pension

Benefit may refer to: Something that a party was not previously entitled to receive.Economic benefit, the positive contribution to gross national product (or other measure of value) from an economic activity or project: see Cost-benefit analysis.Employee benefit, non-monetary employment compensationBenefit concert, or any activity performed for a charitable purposeBenefit (album), an album by Jethro TullThe Benefits, a musical duo from DenmarkBenefit (sports), a match or season of activities granted by a sporting body to a loyal sportsman to boost their income before retirementMoney, goods, or services provided by a social welfare program, including:Federal benefits, as provided by the United States federal government to its citizens.
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Noun
1. financial assistance in time of need
(hypernym) payment
(hyponym) cost-of-living benefit
2. something that aids or promotes well-being; "for the common good"
(synonym) welfare
(hypernym) good, goodness
(hyponym) advantage, reward
(derivation) do good
3. a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
(hypernym) performance, public presentation
(hyponym) benefit concert
Verb
1. derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience"
(synonym) profit, gain
(hypernym) get, acquire
(hyponym) cash in on
(derivation) welfare
2. be beneficial for; "This will do you good"
(synonym) do good
(hypernym) help, aid
(derivation) welfare

(v. t.)
To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.
  

(v. i.)
To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.
  

(n.)
Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit.
  

(n.)
Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments.
  

(n.)
Beneficence; liberality.
  

(n.)
An act of kindness; a favor conferred.
  

(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.
  

emoneo| emonere| emonui| emonitus V TRANS
exhort; admonish earnestly; warn (Ecc)