benefit
Usage
What are other ways to say benefit?
Benefit refers to anything that promotes the welfare or improves the state of a person or group: a benefit to society. Advantage refers to anything that places one in an improved position, especially in coping with competition or difficulties: It is to one's advantage to have traveled widely. Profit refers to any valuable, useful, or helpful gain: to one’s intellectual profit.
Example Sentences
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The tax benefit, in other words, doesn’t explain the outperformance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
"It's been incredibly frustrating because we know those thousand training places wouldn't only benefit doctors, they would benefit the public," Waterman said.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
How often should we be engaging with the arts to get the full health benefit?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
But more recently, analysts’ upgrades have mostly focused on two sectors: information technologym which is more insulated from an energy-driven price shock, and energy, which tends to benefit from higher oil and gas prices.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
He was the one who would benefit the most if I missed the shot.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
