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benefit

[ben-uh-fit] / ˈbɛn ə fɪt /




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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.


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Security Benefit said all transactions with affiliates are conducted on “arm’s-length, market consistent terms.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Those findings echo research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute and J.P.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

She said monitoring their use of Electronic Benefit Transfer cards, which are used for food stamps or unemployment, could be a way to assign a rating.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

That’s down from 65% in 2025, a survey by the nonprofit Employee Benefit Research Institute found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

I didn’t work the Benefit this year, first time in a decade.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett




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