BENEFIT

[verb], [noun] -t- or UK also -tt- - (to receive or give) a helpful or good effect, or something intended to helpThe discovery of oil brought many benefits to the town. [C]One of the many benefits of foreign travel is learning how to cope with the unexpected. [C]He's had the benefit of an expensive education and yet he continues to work as a waiter. [U]I didn't get/derive (much) benefit from school. [U]For the benefit of (= Especially for) those who weren't listening the first time, I will repeat the question. [U]With the benefit of hindsight (= Helped by the knowledge since learned) it is easy for us to see where we went wrong in the past. [U](slightly formal) She drinks a lot less now, to the benefit of (= resulting in an improvement in) her health as a whole. [U]I feel that I have benefited greatly from her wisdom. [I]How can we benefit those who most need our help? [T]Benefit is also the money given by the government to people who need financial help, for example because they cannot find a job.unemployment benefitI'm on benefit at the moment.I didn't know whether his story was true or not, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt (= to accept something as true although it is not certain).A benefit concert is a musical performance held to raise money for people in need, where the performers usually play for free.