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beneficiary

noun as in person who gains, benefits

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I’m sorry that your sister appears to have taken over your father’s estate and, from what you say, listed herself as beneficiary on his accounts.

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So-called pod-shop firms, such as Millennium Management and Point72 Asset Management, have been some of the biggest beneficiaries of the latest blitz of fundraising, Heinz said.

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About 39% of beneficiaries rely on Social Security for their entire income, according to the Senior Citizens League.

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The open-enrollment season allows beneficiaries to make changes to their Medicare plans, such as moving between original Medicare and Medicare Advantage or adding and dropping coverage, such as Medicare Part D for prescription drugs.

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“Lifetime gifting allows donors to transfer wealth to beneficiaries, to some extent without tax consequence. And if gifting is done properly, it also shrinks the giver’s taxable estate.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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