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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And what are the nutrition benefits — and, possible, detriments?
From Salon
Essentially, people can choose to be happy, and with it comes benefits both in the workplace and in our personal lives.
She said the rule was a "two-way thing" intended to benefit both patients and GPs.
From BBC
My Social Security benefit would be $2,200 per month if I take it at age 62.
From MarketWatch
In addition to surging demand from industrial players, the price of silver has also benefited from escalating geopolitical concerns, Martin Adams said.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
