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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Aiding the rise was a 2% increase in organic sales, and a 2% currency benefit.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Four companies— Amazon.com, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta Platforms —will spend over $700 billion on new AI data centers this year, and Sandisk stands to benefit from that demand.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The 30-year gilt is a fairly niche product, effectively a 30-year loan to the government, which historically was mainly bought by defined benefit pensions funds.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Older adults may benefit from creatine's potential to help maintain muscle mass, bone density and cognitive function as they age.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
“To speak truth, St. John, my heart rather warms to the poor little soul. I wish we may be able to benefit her permanently.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing benefit
Take the Bad with the Good: Bene and Mal
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 11-20
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"The Perils of Indifference," Vocabulary from the speech
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