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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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Is it time to start investing in the companies that are going to benefit from AI?

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The benefit of our show is that the vibe is pretty high throughout; it does not decline as soon as there are losers in the room.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

My benefit will be $3,100 per month because I receive SSDI.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Buyers can elect to continue the income over a spouse’s lifetime and add a death benefit for other heirs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Arranging for his remaining debts to be paid, he left “the use, profit and benefit of my whole Estate... for the term of her natural life” to Martha.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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