1an advantage or profit gained from something:enjoy the benefits of being a member [mass noun]:the changes are of benefit to commerce
2a payment made by the state or an insurance scheme to someone entitled to receive it:part-time jobs supplemented by means-tested benefits [mass noun]:families on benefit
3an event such as a concert or game, intended to raise money for a particular player or charity:the social season was highlighted by debutante balls and charity benefits [as modifier]:a benefit gig
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receive an advantage; profit:areas that would benefit from regeneration
[with object] bring advantage to:the bill will benefit Britain
benefit of clergy
1 historical exemption of the English clergy and nuns from the jurisdiction of the ordinary civil courts, granted in the Middle Ages but abolished in 1827.
2ecclesiastical sanction:they lived together without benefit of clergy
the benefit of the doubt
a concession that a person or fact must be regarded as correct or justified, if the contrary has not been proven:I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt as to whether it was deliberate or not
for the benefit of
in order to help or be useful to:a venue run for the benefit of the community
in order to interest or impress (someone):it was all an act put on for his benefit
