See Also: Benefit(money)
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benefit(2) (iou)



benefit verb. Infl. -t-, *-tt-. L15.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Do good to, be of advantage to; improve. L15.
J. Galsworthy It had long been her pet plan that her uncles should benefit themselves and Bosinney by building country homes. H. Kissinger The lessons we learned benefited our handling of later crises.
verb intrans. Receive benefit; profit. (Foll. by by, from.) E17.
N. Mitford The younger ones were now benefiting from the fact that Louisa and Linda were married women. E. Longford Lord Castlereagh was no financial wizard and it was through Wellington's labours that the world at large benefited.