Antonyms for benefits


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ben-uh-fit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛn ə fɪt


Definition of benefits

Origin :
  • "financial support (especially for medical expenses) to which one is entitled through employment or membership," 1895, plural of benefit (n.).
  • noun advantage, profit
  • noun event to raise money
  • verb help, enhance
Example sentences :
  • As yet the good townsfolk are hardly alive to the benefits of a railway.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • The benefits belong to all who are baptized and believe, because God has said so.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • I am that only Folly that so readily and indifferently bestows my benefits on all.
  • Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus
  • I could make the wind blow, but, like other magicians, I could not share in its benefits.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Everything which benefits one of the halves benefits the other.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • As mentally she recounted her benefits, the strength there was in her arose, protesting.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • History has a cavalier way of recording the benefits of conquest.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • I require the equality of salaries, the division of benefits, the glorification of the protectorate.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Now, after having taken me and overwhelmed me with benefits, you send me away.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • I am thinking only of their benefits to democracy, to right, and to civilization.
  • Extract from : « Latin America and the United States » by Elihu Root

Synonyms for benefits

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