Antonym: damage, lose, loss. Similar words: benefit from, beneath, in effect, bend, bench, fit to, outfit, define. Meaning: ['benɪfɪt] n. 1. financial assistance in time of need 2. something that aids or promotes well-being 3. a performance to raise money for a charitable cause. v. 1. derive a benefit from 2. be beneficial for.
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211. On Community Programme people were paid a wage, on Community Action they will be paid benefit plus an allowance.
212. She is now unable to work and receives benefits, including invalidity benefit, amounting to approximately £90.00 per week.
213. Your are strongly advised to take advantage of this offer for your benefit and security.
214. Such reduced absenteeism is a social benefit in that it reduces public expenditure through the statutory sick-pay scheme.
215. Most expatriates will benefit from consulting an independent financial adviser for specialist help.
216. Failure to benefit from some union policies need not preclude membership if advantages accrue from other union policies.
217. But the benefit accruing to each individual user would not justify the purchase of such a large and indivisible product.
218. The administrators are alleging that the company's money was misappropriated and paid away for no benefit to the company.
219. An added benefit, they say, is that it offers a lifeline to the unemployed.
220. If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace. Thich Nhat Hanh
221. All defined benefit schemes are subject to regular valuations by professionally qualified actuaries.
222. For added benefit stretch your chin up as you do the exercise.
223. Skeletal muscle relaxing agents and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are often used but probably are of no more benefit than simple aspirin-based analgesics.
224. True, local business is not entirely absent but on the whole, foreign operators have been the first to benefit.
225. Sophia has unstable angina and is refusing surgery from which she might benefit.
226. Whilst the introduction of competition will undoubtedly benefit some aspects of efficiency, additional costs might also be incurred.
227. A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. Seneca
228. Regular gastroscopy, if this could be achieved, would benefit pernicious anaemia patients.
229. Therefore, it is said, one is looking for the actual cost of providing that benefit for the employee.
230. Surkov had repeated for my benefit his account of the submarine commander, poised to unleash destruction on London.
231. Inner peace can be seen as the ultimate benefit of practicing patience. Allan Lokos
232. Ministers will later examine whether housing benefit, administered by local councils, can also be integrated into the merged service.
233. Any increase in national insurance benefits are offset against the additional benefit that claimants obtain from income support.
234. They can, however, be of real benefit in alleviating symptoms and side-effects.
235. However, under an allowed alternative treatment, a projected benefit valuation method may be used.
236. A large project like the power station will not benefit these people, but richer people can afford the appliances and electricity.
237. In the course of trying to identify therapeutic agents for this disease two recent studies have shown benefit with bismuth preparations.
237. Wish you can benefit from our online sentence dictionary and make progress day by day!
238. Could George Seifert, master angler, off-season family man and ferociously successful coach, never get the benefit of the doubt?
239. Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others. Buddha
240. This strategy has the added benefit of helping you get ready to escape the emptiness and find a new job.
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