benefit

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛn.ɪ.fɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: bĕn'ĭfĭt
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• Canada, General-American: bĕn'əfĭt
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈbɛn.ɪˌfɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈbɛn.əˌfɪt/
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• Australian: /ˈben.ə.fɪt/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈben.ə.fət/
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• CMU ARPABET: B EH1 N AH0 F IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Late Middle English benefytt, benefett, alteration (due to Latin bene-) of benfet, bienfet, bienfait (“good or noble deed”), from Anglo-Norman benfet (“well-done”), Middle French bienfait, from Old French bienfet, bienfait (“foredeal, favour”), from past participle of bienfaire (“to do good, do well”), from bien (“well”) + faire (“to do”), modelled after Latin benefactum (“good deed”). More at benefactor.

263 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فَائِدَة (fāʔida) — advantage, help or aid
• Arabic: جَدْوَى (jadwā) — advantage, help or aid
• Arabic: مَنْفَعَة (manfaʕa) — advantage, help or aid
• Arabic: نَفْع (nafʕ) — advantage, help or aid
• Armenian: օգուտ (ōgut) — advantage, help or aid
• Bengali: লাভ (labh) — advantage, help or aid
• Bengali: ফায়দা (faẏda) — advantage, help or aid
• Bulgarian: по́лза (pólza) — advantage, help or aid
• Bulgarian: изго́да (izgóda) — advantage, help or aid
• Bulgarian: до́ход (dóhod) — advantage, help or aid
• Bulgarian: аванта́ж (avantáž) — advantage, help or aid
• Catalan: benefici — advantage, help or aid
• Cebuano: kaayohan — advantage, help or aid
• Cebuano: kapuslanan — advantage, help or aid
• Cebuano: dapot — advantage, help or aid
• Cebuano: gadgad — advantage, help or aid
• Cebuano: benepisyo — advantage, help or aid
• Chinese Mandarin: 得益 (déyì) — advantage, help or aid
• Chinese Mandarin: 益處 /益处 (yìchu) — advantage, help or aid
• Czech: výhoda — advantage, help or aid
• Danish: hjælp — advantage, help or aid
• Dutch: voordeel — advantage, help or aid
• Dutch: ten voordele van — advantage, help or aid
• Dutch: nut — advantage, help or aid
• Esperanto: avantaĝo — advantage, help or aid
• Esperanto: profito — advantage, help or aid
• Esperanto: utilo — advantage, help or aid
• Ewe: viɖe — advantage, help or aid
• Finnish: etu — advantage, help or aid
• Finnish: hyöty — advantage, help or aid
• French: avantage — advantage, help or aid
• French: bénéfice — advantage, help or aid
• Galician: beneficio — advantage, help or aid
• Georgian: სარგებელი (sargebeli) — advantage, help or aid
• Georgian: სარგებლობა (sargebloba) — advantage, help or aid
• Georgian: ხეირი (xeiri) — advantage, help or aid
• German: Vorteil — advantage, help or aid
• German: Nutzen — advantage, help or aid
• Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta) — advantage, help or aid
• Greek: όφελος (ófelos) — advantage, help or aid
• Greek: ωφέλεια (oféleia) — advantage, help or aid
• Ancient Greek: ὄφελος (óphelos) — advantage, help or aid
• Hindi: लाभ (lābh) — advantage, help or aid
• Hindi: हित (hit) — advantage, help or aid
• Hungarian: haszon — advantage, help or aid
• Hungarian: java — advantage, help or aid
• Interlingua: beneficio — advantage, help or aid
• Interlingua: avantage — advantage, help or aid
• Irish: brabach — advantage, help or aid
• Italian: beneficio — advantage, help or aid
• Italian: aiuto — advantage, help or aid
• Japanese: 利益 (rieki) — advantage, help or aid
• Japanese: 公益 (kōeki) — advantage, help or aid
• Japanese: 恩恵 (onkei) — advantage, help or aid
• Korean: 이익 (iik) — advantage, help or aid
• Krymchak: мефе (mefe) — advantage, help or aid
• Central Kurdish: سوود (sûd) — advantage, help or aid
• Lao: ປະໂຫຍດ (pa hōit) — advantage, help or aid
• Lao: ຜົນປະໂຫຍດ (phon pa hōit) — advantage, help or aid
• Latin: beneficium — advantage, help or aid
• Lü: ᦎᦱᦡᦲ (ṫaaḋii) — advantage, help or aid
• Malay: kebaikan — advantage, help or aid
• Malay: faedah — advantage, help or aid
• Malayalam: ആനുകൂല്യം (ānukūlyaṁ) — advantage, help or aid
• Māori: huanga — advantage, help or aid
• Māori: patanga — advantage, help or aid
• Māori: pai — advantage, help or aid
• Nahuatl: teinellili — advantage, help or aid
• Occitan: benefici — advantage, help or aid
• Old English: fremu — advantage, help or aid
• Portuguese: benefício — advantage, help or aid
• Romanian: avantaj — advantage, help or aid
• Russian: преиму́щество (preimúščestvo) — advantage, help or aid
• Russian: вы́года (výgoda) — advantage, help or aid
• Russian: по́льза (pólʹza) — advantage, help or aid
• Russian: при́быль (príbylʹ) — advantage, help or aid
• Russian: льго́та (lʹgóta) — advantage, help or aid
• Russian: бла́го (blágo) — advantage, help or aid
• Russian: толк (tolk) — advantage, help or aid
• Russian: прок (prok) — advantage, help or aid
• Scottish Gaelic: prothaid — advantage, help or aid
• Serbo-Croatian: dȍbrobīt — advantage, help or aid
• Southern Altai: байда (bayda) — advantage, help or aid
• Spanish: beneficio — advantage, help or aid
• Spanish: ventaja — advantage, help or aid
• Spanish: bienfecho (desus.) — advantage, help or aid
• Spanish: baza — advantage, help or aid
• Swahili: manufaa — advantage, help or aid
• Swedish: fördel — advantage, help or aid
• Telugu: లబ్ధి (labdhi) — advantage, help or aid
• Thai: ประโยชน์ (bprà-yòot) — advantage, help or aid
• Thai: ผลประโยชน์ (pǒn-bprà-yòot) — advantage, help or aid
• Turkish: yarar — advantage, help or aid
• Turkish: fayda — advantage, help or aid
• Turkish: avantaj — advantage, help or aid
• Ottoman Turkish: افاده (ifade) — advantage, help or aid
• Ottoman Turkish: فائده (faʼide) — advantage, help or aid
• Ukrainian: ко́ристь (kórystʹ) — advantage, help or aid
• Ukrainian: прибу́ток (prybútok) — advantage, help or aid
• Urdu: فائدہ (fā'ida) — advantage, help or aid
• Zazaki: nahfat — advantage, help or aid
• Arabic: فَائِدَة (fāʔida) — profit, use
• Avar: пайда (pajda) — profit, use
• Azerbaijani: fayda — profit, use
• Bengali: লাভ (labh) — profit, use
• Bengali: মুনাফা (munapha) — profit, use
• Bulgarian: изгода (izgoda) — profit, use
• Bulgarian: печалба (pečalba) — profit, use
• Finnish: etu — profit, use
• Finnish: hyöty — profit, use
• French: bénéfice — profit, use
• German: Nutzen — profit, use
• Hindi: लाभ (lābh) — profit, use
• Hindi: हित (hit) — profit, use
• Hungarian: haszon — profit, use
• Hungarian: előny — profit, use
• Italian: beneficio — profit, use
• Italian: profitto — profit, use
• Northern Kurdish: fayîde — profit, use
• Kyrgyz: пайда (payda) — profit, use
• Lü: ᦎᦱᦡᦲ (ṫaaḋii) — profit, use
• Malay: faedah — profit, use
• Old English: fremu — profit, use
• Old English: nytt — profit, use
• Persian: فائده (fâ'ede) — profit, use
• Polish: korzyść — profit, use
• Polish: beneficjum — profit, use
• Russian: вы́года (výgoda) — profit, use
• Spanish: beneficio — profit, use
• Tajik: фойда (foyda) — profit, use
• Tatar: файда (fayda) — profit, use
• Turkish: fayda — profit, use
• Ottoman Turkish: فائده (faʼide) — profit, use
• Urdu: فائدہ (fā'ida) — profit, use
• Uzbek: foyda — profit, use
• Yaghnobi: фойда (foyda) — profit, use
• Zazaki: fayde — profit, use
• Armenian: նպաստ (npast) — payment, subsidy
• Bulgarian: социа́лна по́мощ (sociálna pómošt) — payment, subsidy
• Dutch: uitkering — payment, subsidy
• Dutch: subsidie — payment, subsidy
• Esperanto: subvencio — payment, subsidy
• Finnish: avustus — payment, subsidy
• Finnish: korvaus — payment, subsidy
• Finnish: etuus — payment, subsidy
• French: subvention — payment, subsidy
• German: Leistung — payment, subsidy
• Greek: επίδομα (epídoma) — payment, subsidy
• Hungarian: juttatás — payment, subsidy
• Hungarian: támogatás — payment, subsidy
• Hungarian: ellátás — payment, subsidy
• Hungarian: pótlék — payment, subsidy
• Hungarian: segély — payment, subsidy
• Italian: pagamento — payment, subsidy
• Italian: sussidio — payment, subsidy
• Japanese: 給付金 (kyūfukin) — payment, subsidy
• Japanese: 手当 (teate) — payment, subsidy
• Korean: 급부 (geupbu) — payment, subsidy
• Korean: 수당 (sudang) — payment, subsidy
• Māori: moni oranga — payment, subsidy
• Māori: penihana — payment, subsidy
• Māori: takuhe — payment, subsidy
• Norwegian Bokmål: ytelse — payment, subsidy
• Polish: świadczenie — payment, subsidy
• Portuguese: pagamento — payment, subsidy
• Portuguese: subsídio — payment, subsidy
• Russian: посо́бие (posóbije) — payment, subsidy
• Russian: социа́льная по́мощь (sociálʹnaja pómoščʹ) — payment, subsidy
• Serbo-Croatian: subvèncija — payment, subsidy
• Serbo-Croatian: nȃknada — payment, subsidy
• Spanish: prestación — payment, subsidy
• Swedish: bidrag — payment, subsidy
• Swedish: understöd — payment, subsidy
• Telugu: లబ్ధి (labdhi) — payment, subsidy
• Ukrainian: допомо́га — payment, subsidy
• Bulgarian: бенефи́с (benefís) — performance given to raise funds
• Catalan: benefici — performance given to raise funds
• Dutch: benefiet — performance given to raise funds
• Dutch: benefietconcert — performance given to raise funds
• Esperanto: benefico — performance given to raise funds
• Finnish: lahjanäytäntö — performance given to raise funds
• Finnish: lahjanäytös — performance given to raise funds
• Finnish: lahjaottelu — performance given to raise funds
• German: Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltung — performance given to raise funds
• German: Benefizveranstaltung — performance given to raise funds
• German: Benefizkonzert — performance given to raise funds
• Hungarian: jótékonysági rendezvény — performance given to raise funds
• Japanese: 慈善興行 (jizenkōgyō) — performance given to raise funds
• Korean: 자선행사 (jaseonhaengsa) — performance given to raise funds
• Portuguese: beneficente — performance given to raise funds
• Portuguese: evento beneficente — performance given to raise funds
• Romanian: beneficiu — performance given to raise funds
• Romanian: beneficii — performance given to raise funds
• Russian: бенефи́с (benefís) — performance given to raise funds
• Serbo-Croatian: dobrotvorna akcija — performance given to raise funds
• Spanish: beneficio — performance given to raise funds
• Ukrainian: бенефі́с (benefís) — performance given to raise funds
• Bulgarian: от по́лза съм (ot pólza sǎm) — to be or provide a benefit to
• Catalan: beneficiar — to be or provide a benefit to
• Chinese Mandarin: 利於 /利于 (lìyú) — to be or provide a benefit to
• Czech: prospět — to be or provide a benefit to
• Esperanto: profiti — to be or provide a benefit to
• Finnish: olla hyödyksi — to be or provide a benefit to
• Finnish: olla hyödyllinen — to be or provide a benefit to
• Finnish: hyödyttää — to be or provide a benefit to
• French: profiter à — to be or provide a benefit to
• German: von Vorteil sein — to be or provide a benefit to
• German: nutzen — to be or provide a benefit to
• Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bōtjan) — to be or provide a benefit to
• Greek: ωφελώ (ofeló) — to be or provide a benefit to
• Greek: ευεργετώ (evergetó) — to be or provide a benefit to
• Ancient Greek: ὠφελέω (ōpheléō) — to be or provide a benefit to
• Ancient Greek: ἀγαθοποιέω (agathopoiéō) — to be or provide a benefit to
• Ancient Greek: ὀνίνημι (onínēmi) — to be or provide a benefit to
• Hungarian: használ — to be or provide a benefit to
• Hungarian: javára/hasznára/előnyére van/válik — to be or provide a benefit to
• Italian: beneficiare — to be or provide a benefit to
• Italian: aiutare — to be or provide a benefit to
• Japanese: 役立つ (yakudatsu) — to be or provide a benefit to
• Korean: 이롭다 (iropda) — to be or provide a benefit to
• Latin: prōsum — to be or provide a benefit to
• Latin: beneficio — to be or provide a benefit to
• Latin: iuvō — to be or provide a benefit to
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gagna — to be or provide a benefit to
• Portuguese: beneficiar — to be or provide a benefit to
• Spanish: beneficiar — to be or provide a benefit to
• Swedish: gagna — to be or provide a benefit to
• Swedish: gynna — to be or provide a benefit to
• Bulgarian: и́мам по́лза (ímam pólza) — to receive a benefit
• Bulgarian: от по́лза ми е (ot pólza mi e) — to receive a benefit
• Bulgarian: извли́чам по́лза (izvlíčam pólza) — to receive a benefit
• Bulgarian: извлека́ по́лза (izvleká pólza) — to receive a benefit
• Catalan: beneficiar — to receive a benefit
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhundra faiɗa — to receive a benefit
• Czech: prospět — to receive a benefit
• Esperanto: utili — to receive a benefit
• Esperanto: profiti — to receive a benefit
• Finnish: hyötyä — to receive a benefit
• French: profiter — to receive a benefit
• Georgian: სარგებლობა (sargebloba) — to receive a benefit
• Georgian: გამორჩენა (gamorčena) — to receive a benefit
• German: profitieren — to receive a benefit
• Greek: ωφελούμαι (ofeloúmai) — to receive a benefit
• Greek: ευεργετούμαι (evergetoúmai) — to receive a benefit
• Ancient Greek: ὠφελέομαι (ōpheléomai) — to receive a benefit
• Hungarian: profitál — to receive a benefit
• Hungarian: hasznát látja — to receive a benefit
• Italian: beneficiare — to receive a benefit
• Italian: sfruttare — to receive a benefit
• Italian: usufruire — to receive a benefit
• Italian: godere — to receive a benefit
• Italian: approfittare — to receive a benefit
• Italian: servirsi — to receive a benefit
• Japanese: 得する (tokusuru) — to receive a benefit
• Korean: 견리하다 (gyeollihada) — to receive a benefit
• Portuguese: beneficiar-se de — to receive a benefit
• Spanish: beneficiarse [de] — to receive a benefit
• Swedish: dra fördel av — to receive a benefit
• Swedish: gynnas — to receive a benefit
• Swedish: gagnas — to receive a benefit
• Turkish: faydalanmak — to receive a benefit
• Ottoman Turkish: فائدهلنمك (faʼidelenmek) — to receive a benefit
• Ottoman Turkish: آصیلانمق (asılanmak) — to receive a benefit