beneficiary
noun OPAL W
/ˌbenɪˈfɪʃəri/
/ˌbenɪˈfɪʃieri/
(plural beneficiaries)
- beneficiary (of something) a person who gains as a result of something
- Who will be the main beneficiary of the cuts in income tax?
- beneficiary (of something) a person who receives money or property when somebody dies
- She was the sole beneficiary of her father’s will.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin beneficiarius, from beneficium ‘favour, support’, from bene ‘well’ + facere ‘do’.