Something that promotes or enhances well-being; an advantage: The field trip was of great benefit to the students.
Help; aid.
A payment made or an entitlement available in accordance with a wage agreement, an insurance policy, or a public assistance program.
A public entertainment, performance, or social event held to raise funds for a person or cause.
Archaic A kindly deed.
v.
ben·e·fit·ed also ben·e·fit·ted, ben·e·fit·ing also ben·e·fit·ting, ben·e·fits also ben·e·fits
v.
tr. To be helpful or useful to. v.
intr. To derive benefit: You will benefit from her good example.
[Middle English, from Old French bienfait, good deed, from Latin benefactum, from benefacere, to do a service; see benefaction.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to derive advantage from something: benefited from the stock split; capitalized on her adversary's blunder; profiting from experience.
(běn'ə-fĭt) 