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benefit
noun as in advantage, profit
noun as in event to raise money
verb as in help, enhance
Example Sentences
His behavior — rude and arrogant — suggests a character that will not benefit our Dodgers.
So by the end of September of 2020, in my view, the evidence was overwhelmingly clear that we could open schools and that the benefits of doing so would far outweigh any public health costs.
A committee has been formed to figure out a way to “evaluate the costs and benefits of potential actions,” officials said.
If you see “final notice,” “urgent” or “benefit disbursement enclosed,” don’t even bother opening the envelope.
Sardinians fear this energy transition will transform their landscape and invade their territory, with the greatest benefits going to Italian and international corporate speculators.
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When To Use
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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