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beneficiaries

NOUN

person who gains, benefits

Synonyms

STRONGEST

heir recipient

STRONG

assignee devisee donee grantee heiress inheritor legatee payee possessor receiver stipendiary successor

WEAK

almsperson

Antonyms

WEAK

giver payer

Example Sentences

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Lack of attention paid to the location of the trust and the beneficiaries could, in a worst-case scenario, even lead to double taxation.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Talk to your accountant or tax attorney about the rules for distributable net income to ensure that the $300,000 is distributed to your beneficiaries and taxed on their personal returns.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

When your trust turns irrevocable upon your death, it likely cannot be modified or terminated without the permission of the grantor’s beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

For example, if distributions are mandatory, creditors of beneficiaries may obviously be able to reach those distributions.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

All the outliers we’ve looked at so far were the beneficiaries of some kind of unusual opportunity.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell