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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Hearts have benefited from the influence of Tony Bloom, whose use of Jamestown Analytics helped establish Brighton as a Premier League side and took Union Saint-Gilloise from the second tier to Belgian champions.
From BBC
Nearly everyone in England, Wales and Scotland will benefit from this cut whichever energy tariff they are on, although the amounts will vary between households.
From BBC
Typically, Medicare costs increase at a higher rate than Social Security benefits, which shrinks the value of beneficiaries’ checks, said Michael Cannon, director of health-policy studies at the Cato Institute.
From MarketWatch
Typically, Medicare costs increase at a higher rate than Social Security benefits, which shrinks the value of beneficiaries’ checks, said Michael Cannon, director of health-policy studies at the Cato Institute.
From MarketWatch
While many of the business owners who use Meta profit personally from the credit-card rewards they accrue — again, think luxury travel — it’s not the only way they benefit.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
