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cui bo⋅no

[kooi boh-noh; Eng. kwee--boh-noh, kahy-]
Latin.
1. for whose benefit?
2. for what use? of what good?
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cui bo·no   (kwē' bō'nō)   
n.  Utility, advantage, or self-interest considered as the determinant of value or motivation.

[From Latin cui bonō (est), for whom (it is) of advantage : cui, dative of quī, who + bonō, dative of bonum, advantage.]
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Word Origin & History

cui bono 
1604, a L. phrase from Cicero. It means "to whom for a benefit," or "who profits by it?" not "to what good purpose?" as is often erroneously claimed.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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