benefitn.
/ˈbɛnᵻfɪt/, U.S. /ˈbɛnəfɪt/ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing > the doing of good deeds > a good deed
goodeOE
gooddeedOE
goodnessOE
good workOE
almosec1330
benefit1377
goodshipa1393
alms-deed1425
alms?a1439
desert1563
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 621 Þe boldnesse of þi bienfetes maketh þe blynde þanne.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 187 Of every bienfait the merite The god him self it woll aquite.
1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. xi Alle..that hade seen hys bienfayttes, wer mevyd wyth grace toward hym.
1811 W. S. Landor Count Julian in Wks. (1846) II. 523 Man's only relics are his benefits.
2. † b. by (occasionally through) the benefit of: by or through the kindness or favour of; by the agency or help of, by means of (a person or thing). Obsolete.
a. A kind deed, a kindness; a favour, gift. archaic.
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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun]
givec888
lakeOE
presentc1230
giftc1275
garrison1297
benefit1377
beneficec1380
givinga1382
handsela1393
donativec1430
oblation1433
propine1448
presentationc1460
don1524
sportule1538
premie?1548
first penny1557
donation1577
exhibition1579
donary1582
fairing1584
merced1589
gifture1592
meed1613
recado1615
regalo1622
regale1649
dation1656
compliment1702
dashee1705
dash1788
cadeau1808
bestowment1837
potlatch1844
prez.1919
Harry Freeman's1925
pressie1933
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > act of kindness
goodOE
loveOE
estdedea1325
bounty1330
benefice1340
benefit1377
while1382
whileness1382
officec1384
excellencec1385
goodshipa1393
kindnessc1400
benevolencec1425
benignityc1534
obligement1611
obligation1618
friendlinessa1633
benevolenta1639
beneficence1654
amability1655
benefactiona1662
knight-service1675
kindliness1883
humanity1985
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 436 Ȝif any man doth me a benfait [v.r. benfeet, bienfait, -fet, C bynfet].
c1430 Life St. Katharine (1884) 27 Þe sonne and þe mone..whos benefettys alle deedly creatures vse.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 161 Rememoratijf signes of God, and of his benefetis of Seintis.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xiv. 17 In that he shewed his benefaictes.
1557 Bible (Whittingham) Philemon 14 That thy benefit shuld not be as it were of necessitie, but willingly.
1611 Bible (King James) Philemon 14 [as prec.].
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 32 Her [sc. Fortune's] benefits are mightily misplaced. View more context for this quotation
1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 63 For the men which thou hast saved..thy benefit is laid up in our house indelibly registerd.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase]
in virtue ofa1250
by (also with) strength of1340
by the virtue ofa1375
by way ofa1393
by (also through) (the) means (also mean) ofa1398
by remedy ofa1398
by force of1411
by feat of1489
by (occasionally through) the benefit ofa1538
in the way of1622
by the way of1623
by (the) dint of1664
by the force of1697
perforce of1714
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [phrase] > by the favour of
by (occasionally through) the benefit ofa1538
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 10 By the benefyte & powar of nature.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 50v (margin) By the benefitte of the third Muscle the shoulder blade is lifted vp.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 23 He sall be made frie be the Kings benefite and decreit.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 90 By the benefit of his wished light The seas waxt calme. View more context for this quotation
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 181. ⁋1 By the Benefit of Nature..Length of Time..blots out the Violence of Afflictions.
c. A benefaction (in somewhat of a legal sense).
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the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > a benefit
benefit1597
kindness1677
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 186 Take to your royall selfe, This proffered benefit of dignitie. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vi. 152 Accept the Title thou vsurp'st, Of benefit proceeding from our King, And not of any challenge of Desert. View more context for this quotation
3.
a. Advantage, profit, good. (The ordinary sense.) for the benefit of: for the advantage of, on behalf of. †to take benefit of (a thing): to take advantage of, avail oneself of. benefit of the doubt: see doubt n.1 1b.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun]
fremea700
redeeOE
noteeOE
goodOE
goodnessOE
framec1175
winc1175
bihevec1230
behoofc1275
advantagec1300
prowc1300
wellc1300
wainc1315
profita1325
bewaynec1375
vantagec1380
goodshipc1390
prewa1400
steada1400
benefice1426
vailc1430
utilityc1440
of availc1450
prevaila1460
fordeal1470
winning1477
encherishingc1480
benefit1512
booty1581
emolument1633
handhold1655
withgate1825
cui bono1836
the world > action or operation > advantage > [phrase] > to or for the advantage of
in favour of1556
to (also for) the behalf of1562
in the interest (interests) of1716
for the benefit of1752
on behalf of1791
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 304 Whan Jupiter this harm hath sein Another bienfait there ayein He yaf.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 362/2 We receyue dayly many bienfaites of this cyte.]
1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII ii. § 2 He to have non avauntage or benefette of the matter alleged by hym.
1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 186 If you minded to haue benefit by the Roode of Grace.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxviii. 162 If the harm inflicted be lesse than the benefit.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 199. ⁋2 Having long laboured for the benefit of mankind.
1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. ix. 173 Government is an institution for the benefit of the people governed.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 26 I have an impression that temperance is a benefit and a good.
b. A natural advantage or ‘gift’.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > natural or special
privilege1340
prerogativea1387
benefita1616
plus1959
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. i. 33 Disable all the benefits of your owne Countrie. View more context for this quotation
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 116 When these so Noble benefits shall proue Not well dispos'd. View more context for this quotation
c. Law. The advantage of belonging to a privileged order which was exempted from the jurisdiction or sentence of the ordinary courts of law; the exemption itself: in the phrases benefit of clergy, benefit of peerage; see clergy n., peerage n.
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society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > legal privilege or immunity > applying to clergy
clergyc1275
immunity1449
benefit of clergy1488
benefice of clergy1489
benefit of (his) clergy1511
book1537
privilege of clergy1588
society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > legal privilege or immunity > applying to peers
benefit of peerage1718
1488–9 Act 4 Hen. VII xiii. title An act to take awaye the benefytt of Clergye from certayne persons.
1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell ii. §56. 175 To this they Pleaded the Benefit of their Peerage.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. ii. 62 In 1513..the benefit of clergy was entirely taken away from murderers and highway robbers.
d. Pecuniary advantage, profit, gain.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun]
earningeOE
issuea1325
lucrec1380
lucre of gainc1386
return1419
feracityc1420
revenue1427
vantagec1430
afframing1440
revenue1440
availc1449
proventc1451
provenuec1487
rent1513
fardel1523
chevisance1535
gains1546
commodity1577
proceed1578
increasal1601
benefit1606
endowment1615
gaininga1631
superlucration1683
profit1697
bunce1706
making1837
bunt1851
plunder1851
yield1877
recovery1931
earner1970
1606 No-body & Some-body sig. G3 The Grand-benefit you get by dice, Deceitfull Cards, and other cozening games.
1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 38 Why the King receiued no benefit of his land of Jreland.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 310. ⁋2 My Estate is seven hundred Pounds a Year, besides the Benefit of Tin-Mines.
1885 Law Times Rep. 52 706/1 The secretary transferred the benefit of his contract as to three of the lots to other persons.
4. Hence in special senses:† b. A prize in a lottery; a winning ticket. Obsolete.† c. An ecclesiastical living, benefice, endowment. Obsolete.
a. A theatrical performance the receipts from which are given to a particular actor, the playwright, or some other person connected with the theatre. (First granted to Mrs. Barry 16th Jan. 1687. Hist. Stage (1792) 29.) Hence, any entertainment or display the receipts from which are given to a particular player or company; also, the proceeds from such an entertainment.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > specific theatrical
benefit1709
benefit-day1712
benefit-play1740
benefit-night1748
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > other types
début1751
vehicle1785
benefit1802
showpiece1810
ticket-night1812
yatra1827
command1839
lollipopa1849
party piece1851
roadshow1874
one-night stand1878
stand1878
one-man show1879
small1886
command performance1897
ticket benefit1898
frivol1903
run-through1905
pre-production1906
riot1909
one-nighter1916
gala performance1932
improv1953
warm-up1958
workshopping1966
impro1979
Cf. 1629 Sir H. Herbert in Malone Eng. Stage (1821) III. 177 The benefitt of the winters day from the kinges company..upon the play of ‘The Moor of Venice,’ comes, this 22 of Nov. 1629, unto 9l. 16s. od.]
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 1. ⁋6 Acted for the Benefit of Mr. Betterton.
1721 J. Swift Epil. at Theatre-Royal Actors who at best are hardly Savers; Will give a Night of Benefit to Weavers.
1798 Times 3 Oct. (advt.) Royal Circus. For the Benefit of Mr. Simpson.
1802 Sporting Mag. 21 17/1 The grand display of pugilistic dexterity, advertised by Belcher, for his benefit, at Sadler's Wells.
1802 Sporting Mag. 21 17/2 Spectators at Mr. Belcher's benefit.
1846 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 18 Apr. 91/2 A disposition prevails to give him a sort of ‘benefit’ as an offset to the late loss he sustained by fire.]
1848 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. vi. 55 She was going to have a benefit, and was to appear in Ophelia.
1854 F. Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers (ed. 7) 85 Those noblemen, gentlemen, and clubs..who were kind enough to honour him with a ‘donation’ towards his benefit.
1890 A. Conan Doyle Sign of Four v. 74 Don't you remember the amateur who fought three rounds with you..on the night of your benefit four years back?
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > lottery or raffle > [noun] > prize
lot1567
prize1567
welcome1567
lotterya1616
benefit1694
tern1856
rollover1981
1694 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 384 Yesterday 72 benefits were drawn in the million lottery.
1694 London Gaz. No. 2968/2 That Benefit does belong to the Person that shall produce a Ticket of the same Number.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 202. ⁋5 After their Number is drawn, whether it was a Blank or Benefit.
1711 London Gaz. No. 4903/4 The number'd Tickets entitled to Benefits in the Lottery.
1715 London Gaz. No. 5326/3 The Tickets called Benefits [carry] an interest at the Rate of 4l. per Cent. per Ann.
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society > faith > worship > benefice > [noun]
benefice1340
livingc1426
benefit1554
church living1592
endowment1597
1554 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. ii. App. xvi. 40 Whether he doth bestow yearly the fift part of his benefit.
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 86 Your Benefits you'll keep, whilst another feeds the Sheep.
d. That which a person is entitled to in the way of pecuniary assistance, medical or other attendance, pension, and the like, under the National Insurance Act of 1911 and similar subsequent Acts, or as a member of a benefit (or friendly) society; more explicitly benefit maternity, benefit medical, sick(ness benefit.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service provided by (local) government > benefit provided by state
benefit1875
welfare benefit1913
sustenance1917
social security1943
entitlement1945
welfare1968
society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service provided by (local) government > benefit provided by state > specific
sick(ness benefit1875
disability benefit1886
sickness allowance1891
maternity benefit1911
sickness insurance1911
unemployment benefit1933
food stamp1939
attendance allowance1969
unemployment1976
Jobseeker's Allowance1993
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance
benefit1911
welfare benefit1913
welfare cheque1922
social security1943
pogey1954
entitlement programme1956
SS1963
social1966
welfare1970
social benefit1972
relief1995
1875 Act 38 & 39 Vict. c. 60 §24 (8) Provided as follows as respects friendly societies: (a) No special resolution..is valid..without the written consent of every person for the time being receiving or entitled to any relief..or other benefit from the funds of the society.
1891 Daily News 28 Jan. 7/1 The plaintiff's sickness benefit was liable to immediate cessation.
1895 Daily News 7 June 2/3 Contributions..providing for confinement benefit.
1901 B. S. Rowntree Poverty 362 In addition to the sick benefit there is a funeral benefit of £10.
1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 55 §8 Payment in the case of the confinement of the wife..of an insured person..of a sum of thirty shillings (in this Act called ‘maternity benefit’).
1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 55 §8 In the case of insured persons who have attained the age of seventy, the right to sickness benefit and disablement benefit shall cease.
1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 55 §10 His right to medical benefit, sanatorium benefit, and maternity benefit shall be suspended.
1927 A. M. Carr-Saunders & D. C. Jones Surv. Social Struct. Eng. & Wales 150 The applicant may at the discretion of the Ministry of Labour receive ‘extended’ benefit for the remainder of the benefit year.
1958 Listener 23 Oct. 634/1 Unemployment and sickness benefit were put on a new basis [in 1946].
Compounds
C1. General attributive (only in sense 4).
benefit-bill n.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > advertising bill > types of
text-bill1610
benefit-bill1755
star bill1876
gag-bill1885
1755 C. Charke Narr. Life 56 To inform all my Acquaintance, that I was the Person so set down in Mrs. Thurmond's Benefit-Bills.
1844 J. Cowell Thirty Years among Players (1845) i. ix. 23 For so he used to designate himself in his benefit-bills.
benefit-concert n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > concert > types of
Philharmonic concert1740
benefit-concert1759
chamber concert1760
recital1762
Dutch concert1774
concert performance1777
philharmonica1796
musical soirée1821
sacred concert1832
soirée musicale1836
promenade concert1839
pianoforte recital1840
ballad concert1855
piano recital1855
Monday pop1862
Pop1862
promenade1864
popular1865
Schubertiad1869
recitative1873
organ recital1877
pop concert1880
smoker1887
smoke concert1888
café concert1891
prom1902
smoke-ho1918
smoking-concert1934
hootenanny1940
opry1940
Liederabend1958
1759 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson I. 342 Mrs. Ogle..hopes by a benefit concert to set herself free from a few debts.
benefit-day n.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > specific theatrical
benefit1709
benefit-day1712
benefit-play1740
benefit-night1748
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 288. ⁋3 The Benefit Days of my Plays and Operas.
benefit match n.
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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > types of
all comersc1450
after-gamea1500
fore-game1594
revenge1616
plate1639
set-to1743
return match1753
bye1754
scrub-race1791
anybody's game (also race, match)1826
return1834
barney1843
bonspiel1858
handicap1861
pennant1865
home-and-home1868
benefit match1871
run-off1873
international1877
American tournament1878
Grand Prix1879
single1884
friendly1885
all-comers1889
pair1890
championship1893
round robin1894
replay1895
Olympiad1896
junior varsity1902
lightning tournament1903
rematch1903
road trip1903
pickup1905
freestyle1906
marathon1908
test1908
Derby1909
scrimmage1910
eliminator1911
twosome1911
triala1914
quadrangular1916
slug-fest1916
varsity match1921
needle contest1922
curtain jerker1923
needle match1923
open1926
needle fight1927
knock-out1928
shirt1930
masters1933
pro-amateur1934
tune-up1934
World Cup1934
pro-am1937
state1941
sizzler1942
runathon1943
mismatch1954
run-out1955
match-up1959
squeaker1961
triple-header1961
Super Bowl1967
invitational1968
needle game1970
major1976
slobberknocker1986
1871 Baily's Monthly Mag. June 169 The great compliment of a benefit match at Lord's has been granted to Willsher by the Committee of the M.C.C.
benefit-night n.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > specific theatrical
benefit1709
benefit-day1712
benefit-play1740
benefit-night1748
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lxii. 280 My play..could not have been ready for performing, until the end of March, when the benefit nights come on.
1828 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. III. i. 8 Their opera-girls vie in benefit-nights.
benefit-play n.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > specific theatrical
benefit1709
benefit-day1712
benefit-play1740
benefit-night1748
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other types of play
king play1469
king game1504
historya1509
chronicle history1600
monology1608
horseplaya1627
piscatory1631
stock play1708
petite pièce1712
mimic1724
ballad opera1730
ballad farce1735
benefit-play1740
potboiler1783
monodrama1793
extravaganza1797
theo-drama1801
monodrame1803
proverb1803
stock piece1804
bespeak1807
ticket-night1812
dramaticle1813
monopolylogue1819
pièce d'occasion1830
interlude1831
mimea1834
costume piece1834
mummers' play1849
history play1850
gag-piece1860
music drama1874
well-made1881
playlet1884
two-decker1884
slum1885
kinderspiel1886
thrill1886
knockabout1887
two-hander1888
front-piece1889
thriller1889
shadow-play1890
mime play1894
problem play1894
one-acter1895
sex play1899
chronicle drama1902
thesis-play1902
star vehicle1904
folk-play1905
radio play1908
tab1915
spy play1919
one-act1920
pièce à thèse1923
dance-drama1924
a mess of plottage1926
turkey1927
weepie1928
musical1930
cliffhanger1931
mime drama1931
triangle drama1931
weeper1934
spine-chiller1940
starrer1941
scorcher1942
teleplay1947
straw-hatter1949
pièce noire1951
pièce rose1951
tab show1951
conversation piece1952
psychodrama1956
whydunit1968
mystery play1975
State of the Nation1980
1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber v. 95 The Indulgence of having an annual Benefit-Play.
benefit-social n.
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society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > held as a benefit
benefit-social1929
1929 Collier's 12 Jan. 10/2 He met her at a church benefit-social the very same day he arrived at Bellwood.
C2.
benefit-club n. an association whose members, by the regular payment of small sums, are entitled to pecuniary help in time of age or sickness; also figurative.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance association or friendly society
Rechabite1637
friendly society1684
provident society1771
provident club1797
benefit-society1801
benefit-club1812
burial-society1812
ménage1815
burial club1848
forestry1861
tontine1871
shepherdry1900
approved society1911
1812 Examiner 11 May 291/1 The benefit club..forms something of a provision against adversity.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Poems 111 One Benefit-Club for mutual flattery.
benefit-society n.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance association or friendly society
Rechabite1637
friendly society1684
provident society1771
provident club1797
benefit-society1801
benefit-club1812
burial-society1812
ménage1815
burial club1848
forestry1861
tontine1871
shepherdry1900
approved society1911
1801 H. More Let. in J. Aitken Eng. Lett. XIX cent. (1946) 52 I have instituted..friendly benefit societies for poor women, which have proved a great relief to the sick and lying-in.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 323 There is not a parlour, or club-room, or benefit society..without its red-faced man.
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. vi. v. 201 The Benefit Societies..have money in the banks that would maintain the whole working classes..for six weeks.
benefit-ticket n. (a) a winning ticket at a lottery (cf. (b)); (b) a ticket for a benefit (sense 4a).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > lottery or raffle > [noun] > ticket
blank1567
lottery ticket1676
benefit-ticket1694
horse1726
premium bond1820
coupon1909
scratch-off1985
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > ticket
benefit-ticket1694
1694 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 382 Yesterday the million lottery drew 66 benefit tickets.
1746 D. Garrick Private Corr. (1831) I. 41 A terrible ‘Row’ ensued, between the few who paid ready money, and those who brought in his benefit-tickets.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 257 Solicitations for engagements, cards, bills, and applications for benefit tickets.
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An advantage or perk (such as a pension, company car, life insurance, etc.) provided for an employee by an employer, in addition to wages or salary. Chiefly in plural. Cf. fringe benefit n. at fringe n. Compounds 2.
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1852 Ledlie's Misc. Dec. 574 A standing army..attached to our cause by regular pay and benefits in the shape of rewards and pensions for long service.
1905 Bull. Internat. Railway Congr. (Eng. ed.) 19 1482 There are very few administrations or managements which do not incur considerable expenditure to provide, for all or part of their employees, medical attendance,..sick allowances, funeral allowances and other benefits of the kind.
1920 Boston Sunday Globe 11 Apr. (Editorial & News Feature section) 3/1 (heading) Thos. Mitlen also gives men high pay and benefits.
1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Sept. 30/1 (advt.) Good working conditions. Cafeteria. Complete benefits.
1989 Which? May 244/1 If you have a company car, it counts as a taxable benefit if you earn over £8500 (including fringe benefits).
2007 Independent 23 Nov. (Extra section) 3/1 That's a £35k job plus car, benefits.
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benefit package n. = benefits package n. at Additions.
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1949 Chicago Tribune 14 Sept. 8/1 The CIO United Electrical Workers are dickering with General Electric company and Westinghouse company, with a $500 a year benefit package the union's goal.
1985 Times 12 May 24/4 (advt.) If you are..looking for an excellent benefit package then this is for you.
2004 D. J. Schuurman Vocation v. 141 He pays a living wage and provides an attractive benefit package.
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benefits package n. the range of benefits or perks provided by an employer in addition to wages or salary.
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1950 N.Y. Times 26 Jan. 15/3 It is too bad the union leadership makes Chrysler employees go through the hardships of a strike in order to get the benefits ‘package’ they could have gotten without striking.
1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. c14/1 (advt.) Excellent compensation and benefits package.
2004 Contract Jrnl. 14 Jan. 34/2 (advt.) The benefits package is highly attractive and includes a fully expensed company car or car allowance, family medical cover, generous pension arrangement and realistic annual bonus scheme.
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benefit tourist n. British colloquial a person who travels to Britain in order to live off social security payments while untruthfully claiming to be seeking work.
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1992 Sunday Times 21 June i. 24/5 Other measures include forging closer links with police in Belgium and France to crack down on organised ‘benefit tourists’ who pose as students and immigrants arriving with forged papers.
2004 Independent 2 Mar. 1/3 They have mounted a sustained attack on immigration, with campaigns against ‘benefit tourists’ and asylum-seekers who allegedly jump council house waiting lists.
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benefit tourism n. British colloquial the practice of travelling to Britain in order to live off social security payments while untruthfully claiming to be seeking work.
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1993 Evening Standard 7 Oct. 5/4 [Peter Lilley's conference speech's] highlight was a series of jokes about what he labelled ‘benefit tourism’.
2010 Daily Mail (Nexis) 24 Mar. Critics said the fact that ‘benefit tourism’ was now attracting foreign gangs to Britain was a shocking indictment of how poorly the system is policed.
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benefitv.
/ˈbɛnᵻfɪt/, U.S. /ˈbɛnəfɪt/ 1. transitive. To do good to, to be of advantage or profit to; to improve, help forward.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)]
helpc1000
goodOE
steadc1175
to do (one) boot?c1225
advancec1330
profitc1330
availc1384
servea1398
vaila1400
vailc1400
prevail1442
advantage?1459
vantagec1460
bootc1540
benefit1549
conduce?1577
to serve (one) in some, no stead1601
bonify1603
answer1756
better1833
to stand to ——1841
to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead1887
1549 J. Cheke Hurt of Sedicion sig. F1 Ye be not so muche worthie as to be benefited in any kinde.
1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. I3 If euer a man will benefit himselfe vpon his foe, then is the time when they haue lost force.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 502 What course I meane to hold Shall nothing benefit your knowledge. View more context for this quotation
1792 E. Burke Let. to Dundas in Wks. IX. 283 The cause of humanity would be far more benefited by the continuance of the trade.
1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. i. 8 A system of duties which injures our interests without benefiting those of the colonies.
2. intransitive (for reflexive). To receive benefit, to get advantage; to profit.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial [verb (intransitive)] > derive benefit
to be the betterOE
profit1340
getc1390
advancec1405
gain1575
benefit1623
to have (also get, want, etc.) a run for one's money1874
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 81 Malicious Censurers, which euer, As rau'nous Fishes doe a Vessell follow That is new trim'd; but benefit no further Then vainly longing. View more context for this quotation
1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 1 To tell you therefore what I have benefited herein.
1884 National Rev. July 720 One who has never directly or indirectly benefited a single shilling by any humble efforts he may have put forth.
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