benefit

  1. Noun.  An advantage, help or aid from something.
  2. Noun.  A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
  3. Noun.  A performance, etc, given to raise funds for some cause.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from). To be a beneficiary.

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