benefit
/ˈbɛn.ɪˌfɪt/ verb B2- To be or to provide a benefit to.
- To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
He/she/it benefits · Past benefited · Past participle benefited · -ing form benefiting
Verb forms
- Base form
- benefit
- He/she/it
- benefits
- Past
- benefited
- Past participle
- benefited
- -ing form
- benefiting
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“I come to entreat you, sir,” continued Madame de Villefort, “as the only one who has the right of doing so, inasmuch as I am the only one who will receive no personal benefit from the transaction,—I come to entreat you to restore, not your love, for that she has always possessed, but to restore your fortune to your granddaughter.”
Anne put it on one evening for Matthew’s and Marilla’s benefit, and recited “The Maiden’s Vow” for them in the kitchen.
“And I wish my collection were larger for your benefit and my own credit; but I am an idle fellow; and though I have not many, I have more than I ever looked into.”
“I have often observed how little young ladies are interested by books of a serious stamp, though written solely for their benefit.
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