🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

beneficio

Pronunciation / Transliteration: beneficio

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Benefit/ˈbɛnɪfɪt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La nuova politica porterà benefici ai dipendenti."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An advantage or profit gained from something.

    "The new policy will provide significant benefits to employees."
As verb
  1. 1

    To receive an advantage; to gain.

    "Many students benefit from extra tutoring."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'benefit' originates from the Latin 'beneficium', meaning 'a kindness or favor'. It evolved through Old French 'benefice' before entering Middle English, where it retained the meaning of an advantage or profit.

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