Etymology
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benefits (n.)

"financial support (especially for medical expenses) to which one is entitled through employment or membership," 1895, plural of benefit (n.).

Entries linking to benefits

benefit (n.)
late 14c., benefet, "good or noble deed; helpful or friendly action," also "a beneficial thing; advantage, profit," from Anglo-French benfet (Old French bienfait), from Latin benefactum "good deed," from bene facere, from bene "well" (see bene-) + facere "to do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Meaning "public performance or entertainment to raise money for some deserving unfortunate person or charitable cause" is from 1680s.
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Dictionary entries near benefits

beneficence

beneficent

beneficial

beneficiary

benefit

benefits

Benelux

benevolence

benevolent

Bengal

benight

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