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1. Financial assistance in time of need
    
2. Something that aids or promotes well-being
   "for the benefit of all"
   - welfare
    
3. A performance to raise money for a charitable cause

1. Derive a benefit from
   - profit, gain
    
2. Be beneficial for
   - do good

Derived forms: benefitted, benefitting, benefited, benefits, benefiting

See also: beneficent, beneficial

Type of: acquire, aid, get, good, goodness, help, payment, performance, public presentation

Encyclopedia: Benefit