Dictionary entry

Benefit

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnɪfɪt/

Pronunciation

/ˈbɛnɪfɪt/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အကျိုးကျေးဇူး။ အကျိုးအမြတ်။ (v) အကျိုးအမြတ်ရရှိသည်။ကောင်းကျိုးပြုသည်။

Definition

benefit /'benÇfÇt/ n ၁။ [U,C] အက်ဳိးေက်းဇူး။ အက်ဳိးအျမတ္။ She didn't get much benefit from her course. ❍ I've had the benefit of a good education. ❍ With the benefit of modern technology, a great deal of progress has been made. ❍ The new regulations will be of benefit to us all. ❍ A change of manager would certainly be to the club's benefit. ❍ the benefits of modern medicine/ science/higher education ❍ Membership entitles you to many benefits. ၂။ [U, C] အစိုးရ ေထာက္ပံ့ေၾကး။ unemployment/sickness benefit. See also HOUSING BENEFIT ၃။ [C esp attrib] ရန္ပံုေငြအလႉပြဲ။ a benefit match/concert ❍ It's his benefit year. တစ္ႏွစ္လံုးရသမွ် လႉမည့္ႏွစ္။ v ( pt, pp -fited; US also -fitted ) ၁။ အက်ဳိးျပဳသည္။ The new facilities have benefited the whole town. ၂။ ~ (from/by sth) အက်ဳိးရရိွသည္။ အက်ဳိး ခံစားရသည္။ The new tax laws are good for some people but I won't benefit. ❍ I feel that I have benefited from this experience. ❏ for sb's benefit [ IDM ] ေကာင္းက်ဳိးအတြက္။ အက်ဳိးငွာ။ The warning sign was put there for the benefit of the public. ❍ Although she didn't mention me by name, I know her remarks were intended for my benefit. ❏ give sb the benefit of the doubt [ IDM ] သံသယအက်ဳိး ခံစားေစသည္။ By allowing her to go free the judge gave the accused the benefit of the doubt.

Examples

  1. The new sports centre will bring lasting benefit to the community.
  2. [benefit for] : Consider the potential benefits of the deal for the company.
  3. [get/gain/receive a benefit] : The costs involved would outweigh any benefits gained.
  4. [derive a benefit from something] : Even Liza derived little benefit from the changes.
  5. [reap a benefit] : The town was still reaping the benefits years after the film’s release.
  6. [be of benefit to someone/something] : Not all competition is of benefit to the consumer.
  7. [for someone’s benefit] : Molly explained what was happening for my benefit.
  8. [have the benefit of something] : He has had the benefit of the best education money can buy.
  9. Housing/sickness/disability benefit
  10. [claim (a) benefit] : There has been an increase in the number of people claiming benefit.
  11. [get/receive (a) benefit] : Families receiving benefit
  12. [on benefit] : She’s been on unemployment benefit for six years.
  13. The benefits include medical insurance and a company car.
  14. A benefit concert/performance