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Definitions: Benefit |
BenefitNoun1. Financial assistance in time of need. 2. Something that aids or promotes well-being: "for the common good". 3. A performance to raise money for a charitable cause. Verb1. Derive benefit from. 2. Be beneficial for; "This will do you good". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "benefit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Economics | Denotes the gain, or positive utility, arising from a action. It implies comparison between two situations. Source: European Union. (references) |
Insurance | Financial help in time of sickness, old age or unemployment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BENEFIT | English | Benguela Environment,Fisheries,Interaction and Training | Food & Agriculture |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: BenefitSynonyms: welfare (n), do good (v), gain (v), profit (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquisition | Profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit; avails; income; (receipt); proceeds, produce, product; outcome, output; return, fruit, crop, harvest; second crop, aftermath; benefit; (good). |
Aid | Be of use to; subserve; (instrument); benefit; render a service; (utility); conduce; (tend). |
Benevolence | Treat well; give comfort, smooth the bed of death; do good, do a good turn; benefit; (goodness); render a service, be of use; aid. |
Good | Noun: good, benefit, advantage; improvement; greatest good, supreme good; interest, service, behoof, behalf; weal; main chance, summum bonum, common weal; "consummation devoutly to be wished"; gain, boot; profit, harvest. |
Impenitence | Verb: be impenitent; Adjective: steel the heart, harden the heart; die game, die and make no sign, die unshriven, die without benefit of clergy. |
Improvement | Be better; Adjective:, be improved by; turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account; profit by, reap the benefit of; make good use of, make capital out of; place to good account. |
Inexpedience | Verb: be beneficial; Adjective:; produce good, do good; profit; (be of use); benefit; confer a benefit. |
Property | Interest, stake, estate, right, title, claim, demand, holding; tenure; (possession); vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest; use, trust, benefit; legal estate, equitable estate; seizin, seisin. |
Success | Speed; make progress; (advance); win one's way, make one's way, work one's way, find one's way; strive to some purpose; prosper; drive a roaring trade; make profit; (acquire); reap the fruits, gather the fruits, reap the benefit of, reap the harvest; strike oil , gain a windfall; make one's fortune, get in the harvest, turn to good account; turn to account; (use). |
Use | Exercitation; application, appliance; adhibition, disposal; consumption; agency; (physical); usufruct; usefulness; benefit; recourse, resort, avail. |
Utility | Find one's account in, find one's advantage in; reap the benefit of; (be better for). render useful; (use). |
Bear fruit; (produce); bring grist to the mill; profit, remunerate; benefit; (do good). | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | It's like what Lenin said you look for the person who will benefit, and, uh, uh (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) We have murders in New York without benefit of ghouls and goblins. (Sleepy Hollow; writing credit: Kevin Yagher) It seems you feel our work is not a benefit to the public. (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher) The benefits are terrific. The trick is not to get killed. That's really the key to the benefit program. (The In-Laws; writing credit: Andrew Bergman) It's really for his benefit. (All the President's Men; writing credit: Carl Bernstein; Bob Woodward) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Death Benefit (1996) The Benefit of the Doubt (1967) Orphans' Benefit (1941) Orphan's Benefit (1934) The Big Benefit (1933) | |
Song Titles | Giving You The Benefit (performing artist: Pebbles) | |
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 | Another glorious sunset - a benefit of the 4 to 8 watch.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | A single Brown Pelican rests on the water in Tampa Bay. Brown Pelicans are one of the species that benefit from the monofilament clean-up that is organized yearly by Tampa Baywatch. Brown Pelicans and other birds fall victim to discarded monofilament fishing line when they roost on estuary islands.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Gen. John Jumper, commander of Air Combat Command, discusses how the new experimental combined aerospace operations center will benefit warfighters Oct. 31, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new weapon system. (File photo). |  | Terraces, buffers, and conservation tillage are among the practices being used by Shelby County, Iowa farmers in a water quality improvement project to benefit a nearby lake.Credit: Tim McCabe. |
 | Leather-making is an ancient craft, but it's met up with some state-of-the-art technology. Electron beam radiation, we've found, can replace the salt solutions now used to kill bacterial growth-much to the benefit of the environment. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | After analyzing hundreds of samples, ARS researchers wrote the definitive report on the composition and properties of honeys. These findings made it possible to detect the addition of other substances to honey. A side benefit was discovery of a new sugar in honey, which was named erlose, after ARS's Eastern Regional Research Laboratory. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Gala Night for Singing Benefit Poster. |  | At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 13 August 1943. USS Hazelwood (DD-531) is in the background. Note anchor chain, winch and Jack at Fletcher's bow; also crewmen on the foredeck smoking cigarettes and clowning for the benefit of the photographer. Circles mark recent alterations, among them the addition of 40mm twin mounts on each side of the forward and midships superstructure.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Congratulates Reserve Officer Candidates Richard Dufallo, Band Leader of the ROC Band, and John Halloran, Drum Major, at ceremonies at Naval Air Station, Los Alamitos, California, in which "USS Small Fry", the World's only curved deck "aircraft carrier" was placed in commission for the use of model airplane enthusiasts, circa 1951-52. The ROC Band played the honors on this occasion, at the Shrine Charity Benefit at the Los Angeles Coliseum, and at numerous other events during their summer training session.Credit: NAVY. |  | The benefit of the doubt.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
E. Nott | Abuse me as much as you will; it is often a benefit rather than an injury. |
Euripides | Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides. |
Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus | He receives hope in future benefits who recognizes a benefit that has already taken place. |
Percy Bysshe Shelley | Wealth is a power usurped by the few to compel the many to labor for their benefit. |
Publilius Syrus | When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all. |
Seneca | A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. |
Statius | He plants trees to benefit another generation. |
Thomas H. Huxley | There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. |
William Penn | Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | And forfeiture gives the third, despotical power to lords for their own benefit, over those who are stripped of all property. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Free trade: for the benefit of the working class. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Women's employment: (a) Before and after child-birth, including the question of maternity benefit; (b) During the night; (c) In unhealthy processes. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | Practically, they are giving their skilled labour for the benefit of the Hospital. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There were among them very fine things, and very tempting, and very good to steal for the benefit of the unfortunate. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | We shall try to understand them fully during these few days so that we may derive from the understanding of them a lasting benefit to our souls. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | [Coming forward] If ancient sorrow be most reverend, Give mine the benefit of seniory, And let my griefs frown on the upper hand. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Therefore we should receive the benefit of his light and beat with a corresponding trust and magnanimity. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | One benefit is medical. (references) | |
Perceives a net benefit. (references) | ||
Some children benefit from special education. (references) | ||
Business | This benefit is expected to be almost $600,000 per annum. (references) | |
IP technology and services will benefit from the growth of Internet. (references) | ||
Franchising has the benefit of filling a yawing gap of management talent in the market. (references) | ||
Children | Afghanistan | In March the SCA signed a protocol with the Taliban that was to benefit the SCA's primary schools. (references) |
Mongolia | The law stipulates the obligations regarding divorce, custody, and alimony to the benefit of the parent caring for children. (references) | |
Bhutan | Children enjoy a privileged position in society and benefit from international development programs focused on maternal and child welfare. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Gabon | No financial or tax benefit is conferred by registration. (references) |
Belize | The amnesty was expected to benefit about 5,000 UNHCR-registered asylees, as well as 13,000 others. (references) | |
Algeria | Because Islam is the state religion, the country's education system is structured to benefit Muslims. (references) | |
Economic History | Guyana | U.S. products benefit from an excellent reputation in Guyana. (references) |
Senegal | The African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) should benefit them. (references) | |
Barbados | These treaties can be of significant benefit to international investors. (references) | |
Human Rights | Burma | Even after being charged, detainees rarely have the benefit of counsel. (references) |
Kuwait | Many deportation orders are issued administratively, without the benefit of a trial. (references) | |
Thailand | Foreign prisoners sometimes are forced to sign confessions without benefit of a competent translator. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Finland | Sami (Lapps), who constitute less than 0.1 percent of the population, benefit from legal provisions that provide for the protection of minority rights and customs. (references) |
Minorities | India | The impact of reservations and quotas on society and on the groups they are designed to benefit is a subject of active debate. (references) |
Political Economy | GHANA | Firms under the export processing zones all benefit from the same incentives. (references) |
Political Rights | Mali | Local governments benefit from central government subsidies, but they also are able to collect local taxes to support their operations. (references) |
Ukraine | Many opposition presidential candidates credibly complained that the SBU overstepped its mandate and interfered in the campaign to the benefit of President Kuchma. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | Non-profit organizations were excluded from this benefit by Decree 180/97 (March 7,1997). (references) |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | The most valuable benefit of the Sales Seminar service is the targeted audience invited by CS-Abidjan. (references) |
Belgium | It would benefit companies to have personnel who speak one of the languages, or to seek the help of a professional translator. (references) | |
Philippines | Whether getting a driver's license or registering a car, the U.S. business executive will benefit by delegating the chore to that person paid to negotiate through a sea of desks, with a smile and the knack of delivering token gifts at Christmas. (references) | |
Women | Dominica | Beyond the general protection of the Constitution, women do not benefit from any specific civil rights legislation. (references) |
Italy | As a result of liberal maternity leave laws introduced to benefit women, some employers have found it advantageous to hire men instead. (references) | |
Liberia | There continued to be few programs to help former combatants reintegrate into society, and there were none specifically to benefit former female combatants. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Brunei | Wage and benefit packages are based on market conditions and tend to be generous. (references) |
United Kingdom | Effective in April, the Government increased the threshold of total personal assets to allow more low-income pensioners to avail themselves of this benefit. (references) | |
Macau | Moreover, local customs normally favor employment without the benefit of written labor contracts, except in the case of migrant labor from China and the Philippines. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SYCOPHANT, n. One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be commanded to turn and be kicked. He is sometimes an editor. As the lean leech, its victim found, is pleased To fix itself upon a part diseased Till, its black hide distended with bad blood, It drops to die of surfeit in the mud, So the base sycophant with joy descries His neighbor's weak spot and his mouth applies, Gorges and prospers like the leech, although, Unlike that reptile, he will not let go. Gelasma, if it paid you to devote Your talent to the service of a goat, Showing by forceful logic that its beard Is more than Aaron's fit to be revered; If to the task of honoring its smell Profit had prompted you, and love as well, The world would benefit at last by you And wealthy malefactors weep anew -- Your favor for a moment's space denied And to the nobler object turned aside. Is't not enough that thrifty millionaires Who loot in freight and spoliate in fares, Or, cursed with consciences that bid them fly To safer villainies of darker dye, Forswearing robbery and fain, instead, To steal (they call it "cornering") our bread May see you groveling their boots to lick And begging for the favor of a kick? Still must you follow to the bitter end Your sycophantic disposition's trend, And in your eagerness to please the rich Hunt hungry sinners to their final ditch? In Morgan's praise you smite the sounding wire, And sing hosannas to great Havemeyher! What's Satan done that him you should eschew? He too is reeking rich -- deducting you. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Jeanne Shaheen | Well, I disagree with your numbers. I think there are ways to do a prescription drug benefit through Medicare that are not going to cost that amount. And again, I think the way we begin this discussion is by lowering the cost of prescription drugs. |
John E. Sununu | We already are providing Medicare coverage through managed care companies, it's called Medicare+Choice. In fact, that's the only part of Medicare that has a prescription drug benefit right now. |
Rush Limbaugh | Four-in-five Americans feel tax cuts generally benefit somebody else. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Agree upon the number and qualifications of persons who shall have the benefit of choosing, or annex this privilege to the inhabitants of a certain extent of ground. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Nor is there any country which presents a field where nature invites more the art of man to complete her own work for his accommodation and benefit. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The commercial intercourse between the two countries has continued to increase for the mutual benefit of both. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | To suppose that because our Government has been instituted for the benefit of the people it must therefore have the power to do what ever may seem to conduce to the public good is an error into which even honest minds are too apt to fall. |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | While some of them, like the reclamation of arid lands, are made to pay for themselves, others are of such an indirect benefit that this cannot be expected of them. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Such new economic developments must be devised and controlled to benefit the peoples of the areas in which they are established. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | But we stand ready-with credit and other help-to assist the flow of trade which will benefit the entire Nation. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | So let us all now join together in firming that common commitment and in helping our new President succeed for the benefit of all Americans. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Producers and consumers alike will benefit from a more stable market for this essential commodity. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | I am confident the economic program we have put into operation will protect the needy while it triggers a recovery that will benefit all Americans. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Benefit" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 73.82% of the time. "Benefit" is used about 9,952 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 73.82% | 7,347 | 1,316 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 23.01% | 2,290 | 3,875 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.12% | 311 | 16,365 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.05% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9,952 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "benefit": accident benefit ♦ accumulated benefit obligation ♦ advance death benefit ♦ benefit album ♦ benefit by ♦ benefit concert ♦ benefit for surviving family nurses ♦ benefit from ♦ benefit match ♦ benefit night ♦ benefit of clergy ♦ benefit of the doubt ♦ benefit performance ♦ benefit society ♦ benefit to the public ♦ child benefit ♦ confer a benefit ♦ cost benefit analysis ♦ death benefit ♦ die without benefit of clergy ♦ disability benefit ♦ disablement benefit ♦ ensure to the benefit of/to ♦ for the benefit of ♦ for the benefit of smb. ♦ fringe benefit ♦ give smb. the benefit of ♦ housing benefit ♦ maternity benefit ♦ maximum benefit amount ♦ national insurance benefit ♦ of benefit to the public ♦ of public benefit ♦ parental leave benefit ♦ projected benefit obligation ♦ reap the benefit of ♦ retirement benefit ♦ sick benefit ♦ sickness benefit ♦ strike benefit ♦ supplementary benefit ♦ tax benefit ♦ taxable benefit ♦ to the benefit of ♦ unemployment benefit ♦ widow's benefit ♦ without benefit of. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "benefit": benefit-cost, benefit-in-kind, benefit-level, benefit-related, benefit-to-risk. | |
Ending with "benefit": supplementary-benefit. | |
Containing "benefit": cost-benefit analysis. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "benefit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | voordeel (account, advantage), profyt (gain, profit), belang (account, advantage, concern, gain, interest, profit), baat (account, advantage, avail, gain, profit). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | bëj mirë, përfitim (advantage, good, percentage, perk, perquisite, profit), i sjell dobi, fitim (earnings, gain, gainings, income, makings, payoff, percentage, profit, return, salary, spoil, victory, wages), e mirë (blessing, good, quality, right, well), dobi (advantage, avail, boot, expedience, expediency, gain, good, instrumentality, interest, use, utility, value). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فائدة (advantage, avail, behoof, good, increase, interest, living, pay off, pay-book, profit, scoop, use, usefulness, usury, utility, welfare, worth), مساعدة (aid, assist, assistance, contribution, good turn, grant, help, relief, subsidy, succor, succour, support), مصلحة (advantage, department, interest, service, weal), حفلة خيرية, عون (aid, assistance, backing, boost, comfort, lift, relief, succor, succour), إستفاد (avail, avail oneself of, benefit by, capitalize, conclude, deduce, improve, profit), أفاد (avail, signify, subserve), أبرئه. (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | облага (avail, convenience, profit), помощ (aid, assistance, dole, favour, help, leg up, lift, subvention, support), помагам (aid, assist, befriend, bestead, comfort, give a hand, help, land a hand, pitch in), ползувам (avail, be use of, employ, profit, serve, use), издръжка (alimentation, dependence, keep, living, maintenance, support, sustentation). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 補益 (help), 裨益 (advantage, profit), 益 (increase), 效益 , 好處 (advantage), 好处 (Advantage), 利益 (interest), 利 (advantage, profit, sharp). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | benefice, výhoda (advantage, amenity, boon, convenience, good, start, use, vantage), užitek (avail, good, utility), prospìch (advantage, avail, behoof, good, grades, interest, profit, welfare, well), dávky. (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fordel (account, advantage, favourable terms). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | voordeel (account, advantage, gain, profit), pré (advantage). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | utilo (advantage), gajno (gain, profit), avantaĝo (advantage). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | gagn (account, advantage), fyrimunur (advantage). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فایده رساندن (Profit), فایده بردن (Gain), مفیدبودن (Advantage, Stead), منفعت (Gain, Payoff, Profit), نمایش برای جمع اوری اعانه , احسان کردن , احسان (Beneficence, Boon), استفاده (Avail, Beneficiary, Gain, Use, Utilization), اعانه (Bounty, Contribution, Handout, Relief, Subvention). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hyöty (advantage, profit, use, utility). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | avantage, prestation, intérêt (behoof), gain, bénéfice (benefice), allocation. (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | foardiel (advantage). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nutzen (account, advantage, avail, be of use, be useful, benefits, fruit, gain, good, gross profit, make use of, number of simultaneous copies, profit, take advantage of, to deploy, use, usefulness, utility, utilize, value), vorteil (account, advantage, avail, favourable terms, gain, good, perk, profit, Van, vantage, virtue), gewinn (advantage, asset, gain, income, net profit, prize, profit, return, spoil, spoils, surplus, win, winnings, yield), Wohltat (benefaction, blessing, boon, Favor, favour, good deed, relief), Leistung (accomplishment, achievement, capacity, demand, discharge, effort, electric utility capacity, feat, flow, hourly capacity, machine output, merit, obligation, output, output per hour, output rate per hour, pace, payment, performance, performance on production, performances, per-hour output, power, produce, production, production per hour, production rate, production rate per hour, productive output, rate of flow, rate of output, rate of production, rating, result, service, showing, speed, throughput, work, work output, yardage). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | όφελος (avail). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | למלו' (profit from dividends), ל"פיק תועלת (utilize), ל"טיב עם, ל" ות (enjoy, please, relish, take pleasure in), תועלת (advantage, avail, behalf, gain, good, profit, sake, use, usefulness, utility, value), ת'מול (gratuity, recompense, reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution, reward), 'מל" (pension), ברכ" (beatitude, benediction, blessing, boon, congratulation, felicitation, gift, greeting, hail, luck, profit, salute), צ"ק" צבורית. (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jótétemény (alms, boon, mercy), haszon (advantage, avail, boot, earnings, emoluments, gain, gainings, gains, lucre, plunder, proceeds, profit, return, spoil, use, utility). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | kostur (advantage). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menguntungkan (advantageous, gainful, profitable), maslahat, manfaat (utility), kemaslahatan (profit). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | fóin (serve; benefit). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | profitto (account, advantage, efficiency, gain, proceeds, profit, return, utility, yield), vantaggio (account, advantage, asset, avail, behoof, boon, convenience, favourable terms, forehand, gain, galley, odds, perk, plus, profit, selling point, start, stead, usefulness, utility, vantage, virtue), guadagno (accession, account, acquisition, advantage, earning, earnings, efficiency, gain, increment, proceeds, profit, reward), beneficio (account, advantage, behoof, blessing, gain, good, kindness, profit). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | '助 (cooperation, mutual aid). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ため (advantage, as a result of, because of, cesspool, good, in order to, manure sink, sake, sink, to, welfare), お"たく (favour), お"けい (blessing, favor, grace), ベネフィット , べ"えき (convenience, profit), "じょ (cooperation, fifth daughter, mutual aid), "うのう (effect, efficacy, virtue), "うよう (autumn colours, dazzling brightness, descendant, discharge of filial duties, effect, elements, enhancement, essentials, exaltation, future generations, government business, great expanse of water, incoherent, maple, outline, posterity, promotion, public expense, public use, unfathomable, uplift, use, utility, yellow leaves), "う (10^38, 1st in rank, 7th in rank, be bent, body cavity, boorish, box, clause, companion, compare with, daimyo, duke, effect, efficacy, efficiency, entertainment, female phoenix bird, filial piety, first sign of the Chinese calendar, grade A, happiness, head, height, hill, hundred sextillion, hundred undecillion, incense, instep, interest, item, knoll, long ages, lord, luck, main, manuscript, marquis, paragraph, pleasure, prince, proof, public, result, rising ground, same kind, -school, season, sentence, seventh sign of the Chinese calendar, shell, subordinate, success, such, this, threat, thus, to ask, to be in love, to invite, to request, urgent, verbal pause, version, weather), りとく (amplification, gain, profit), り (2.44 miles, advantage, an official, clever, diarrhea, diarrhoea, ill-mannered, interest, profit, reason, ri, rustic), やく (about, advantage, approximately, bad luck, being beneficial, disaster, evil, gain, misfortune, position, profit, role, service, some, to bake, to be envious of, to be jealous of, to grill, use), けいたく (blessing, favor, pity), じつえき (actual profit, practical use), えき (advantage, battle, being beneficial, campaign, divination, fluid, fortune-telling, gain, large, liquid, profit, station, use, war). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 이" (Benefitting). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | vondeishal (avail, profit), vondeish (acquisition, advantage, expediency, gain, profit, usefulness), lhiass (advantage, advantage upper hand, need, profit, welfare), foays (betterment, goodness, improvement, quality, utility, welfare, well-being). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | fordel (advantage). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | bentaha (advantage), benefisio (advantage), benefishi (advantage), utilidat (account, advantage), ganashi (gain, profit). (various references) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enefitbay zaleta (advantage), korzyść. (various references) benefício (advantage, avail, behoof, benefaction, boon, fortification, gain, good, handicap, improvement, preference, profit), vantagem (advantage, avail, behoof, better, bisque, boon, boot, catch, convenience, favourable terms, gain, good, interest, odds, profit, purchase, utility, vantage). (various references) beneficia (profit), beneficiu (advantage, gain, proceeds, profit, return), folos (account, advantage, avail, behoof, boot, catch, efficaciousness, emolument, gain, profit, service, stead, use, utility), ajutor în bani, alocaţie (allocation, allotment, allowance, appropriation, assignment, dole, grant, grant-in-aid, gratuity), avantaj (account, advantage, avail, boon, convenience, edge, gain, good, interest, odds, plus, point, profit, vantage), ajuta (abet, accomodate, advantage, aid, answer, assist, avail, back up, befriend, carry, carry through, comfort, encourage, fillip, help, minister to, promote, prop, push, relieve, second, serve, succor, succour, support, sustain), face un bine cuiva, trage foloase, folosi (affect, anticipate, apply, avail, boot, dispose, employ, impress, make use of, occupy, practise, put forth, seize, stand smb. in good stead, turn to account, use, utilize, wield), interes (advantage, cause, concern, convenience, Favor, favour, interest, significance, stake), profit (account, advantage, bargain, behoof, boot, convenience, Favor, favour, gain, good, grist, hand, interest, job, profit, return, use, velvet, yield), randament (accomplishment, capability, capacity, effect, efficacy, efficiency, load, output, outturn, performance, power, rating, return, yield), scofalã (profit), spor (abundance, addition, advancement, gain, germ, growth, headway, increase, increment, progress, spore, use), câştig (advantage, bargain, boot, catch, draw, earnings, gain, godsend, hand, income, increment, lucre, penny, prize, proceeds, profit, return, revenue, share, use, velvet, windfall). (various references) выгода (account, advantage, avail, catch, interest, profit, velvet), пособие (allowance, strike pay), польза (advantage, avail, behoof, favor, favour, good, profit, use, wholesomeness). (various references) buannaich (profit, win), buannachd (gain, profit), sochair (a benefit, emolument, privilege), leas (advantage, improvement, profit, the thigh; collectively : leasraidh). (various references) beneficija, predstava u dobrotvorne svrhe, olakšica (break, discount), naknada iz osiguranja ili penzije, koristiti (profit, profit by, tap, trade on, use), korist (avail, availability, behalf, boon, interest, prize, profit, sake, stead, utility, value). (various references) ventaja (account, advantage, avail, interest, odds, pull, start, vantage), beneficio (advantage, benefaction, benefice, blessing, bonus, dividend, favourable terms, gain, interest, leak, living, net profit, proceeds, profit, revenue). (various references) wini (earn, gain, profit, win). (various references) gagn (account, advantage, avail, use, usefulness), förmån (advantage, benefited, boon, convenience, emolument, Favor, favour, privilege), fördel (account, advantage, asset, behoof, edge, gain, profit, pull, use, Van, virtue). (various references) เงินสงเคราะห์, เงินที่ไ"้จากประกันชีวิต, ไ"้รับประโยชน์, ผลประโยชน์ (gain, sake), การแส"งเพื่อการกุศล, มีประโยชน์ต่อ. (various references) yarar (account, advantage, avail, convenience, efficacy, gain, grist to the mill, stead, use, utility), avantaj (advance, advantage, avail, head start, odds, start, vantage, whip hand). (various references) яagюylyk, haяyr (profit, use), gцnenmek (get pleasure). (various references) користь (account, advantage, avail, convenience, emolument, gain, good, profit, use), виграшний білет, одержувати користь (profit), непідсудність, милість (condescension, mercifulness, odor, odour), бенефіс (benefit night), благодійність (alms, alms deed, charity, welfare), прибуток< |
