benefit
/icons/point.icon 得
profit: 利益(金銭面を強調)
benefit: 恩恵
advantage: 有利
use: 有益
good: useより口語的
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noun
1. an advantage or profit gained from something: 何かから得られた得や利益
利益, 利得; 利点, 特典; 恩恵; 成果 (!(1)具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う. (2)主に金銭面を強調するprofitと違い, 得になること全般をさす)
e.g. enjoy the benefits of being a member: 会員になることの恩恵を楽しんで
e.g. tenants bought their houses with the benefit of a discount: 賃借人は割引の特典付きで彼らの家を購入した。
e.g. uninformed criticism is of benefit to no one.: 根拠のない批判は誰の利益にもならない。
2. a payment or gift made by an employer, the state, or an insurance company: 雇用者、国、保険会社によって作られた支払い、贈り物
｟主に英｠ (社会的弱者に対する)公的補助金, …手当
｟主に米｠ ; 〖通例～s〗 (保険制度･福利厚生による)給付金, 諸手当; 余得
e.g. welfare benefits: 福祉保険
e.g. wages and benefits.: 賃金と手当
3. a public performance or other entertainment of which the proceeds go to a particular charitable cause.: 慈善事業の団体に行く収益の公演や他のエンターテイメント
慈善目的の興行
verb (benefits, benefiting or benefitting, benefited or benefitted) no object
receive an advantage; profit; gain: 得を受け取る; 利益を得る; 手に入れる
〈人･物が〉 «…から» 利益, 助力を得る «from, by»
e.g. areas that would benefit from regeneration.: 再生から利益を得たエリア
with object bring advantage to: 〜に利益をもたらす
〈人･物が〉〈人など〉に利益, 助力を与える, …のためになる
e.g. the bill will benefit the nation.: その法案は国に利益をもたらすだろう。
PHRASES
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.
2. ecclesiastical sanction or approval:
e.g. 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
1. in order to help, guide, or be of service to:
e.g. a man who has spent his life fighting evil for the benefit of the community.
2. in order to interest or impress someone:
e.g. it was all an act put on for his benefit.
give someone the benefit of
often ironic explain or recount to someone at length:
e.g. the whole assembly was given the benefit of his opinions.
ORIGIN
late Middle English (originally denoting a kind deed or something well done): from Old French bienfet, from Latin benefactum ‘good deed’, from bene facere ‘do good (to)’.