Results for benefit

Definitions of benefit:

part of speech: verb intransitive

To gain advantage; make improvement.

part of speech: noun

To do good to; to gain advantage from.

part of speech: noun

A favor: advantage: a performance at a theatre, the proceeds of which go to one of the company.

part of speech: verb transitive

To do good to.

part of speech: noun

Profit; advantage.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To gain advantage:- pr. p. benefiting; pa. p. benefited.

part of speech: noun

An act of kindness; a favor conferred; whatever promotes the happiness and well- being of a person or thing, or adds to the value of property; a theatrical performance, the proceeds of which go to one of the actors, etc.

part of speech: verb transitive

To do good to; be of service to.

Usage examples for benefit:

• And then, as if for our particular benefit a light flashed over there. "The Voodoo Gold Trail", Walter Walden

• It's not wicked at all; it's simply a practical benefit "The Whirligig of Time", Wayland Wells Williams

• All the fears in the world cannot benefit you. "Mastery of Self", Frank Channing Haddock