benefitとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Late Middle English benefytt, benefett, alteration (due to Latin bene-) of benfet, bienfet, bienfait (“good または noble deed”), from Anglo-Norman benfet (“well-done”), Middle French bienfait, from Old French bienfet, bienfait (“foredeal, favour”), from past participle of bienfaire (“to do good, do well”), from bien (“well”) + faire (“to do”), modelled after Latin benefactum (“good deed”). More at benefactor.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛn.ɪ.fɪt/
• (米国発音) enPR: bĕn'əfĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈbɛn.ə.fɪt/

名詞

benefit (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 benefits)

1. An advantage; help or aid from something.

   It was for her benefit.   His benefit was free beer.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:

     When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.

2. (insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
3. An event such as a performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
4. (obsolete) beneficence; liberality

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Webster (1623) to this entry?)

同意語

• (advantage, help): foredeal, advantage, aid, assistance, boon, help
• (payment): subsidy

反意語

• (advantage, help): harm, disadvantage, encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, obstacle, detriment

派生語

• beneficial
• benefiter
• benifit (a misspelling)

参考

• lagniappe

動詞

benefit (三人称単数 現在形 benefits, 現在分詞 benefiting または benefitting, 過去形および過去分詞形 benefited または benefitted)

1. (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Jeremiah 18:10:

     I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

   • 1960 June, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 329:

     Diesel maintenance schedules are benefiting from work done on the magnificent Hilger & Watts electronic spectrograph for oil analysis, which detects minute quantities of metals in samples of used lubricating oil; [...].

   • 2021 January 13, Christian Wolmar, “Read all about London's Cathedrals of Steam”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 63:

     Instead, the grime of the steam years which still discoloured many of the best architectural features Betjeman loved has been cleared away, and several of the stations have benefited from major refurbishments which have greatly improved them.

2. (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

使用する際の注意点

• Benefiting and benefited are more common, with benefitting and benefitted being minor variants, especially in the US.

同意語

• help, batten, behoove

反意語

• malefic
• detriment

派生語

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