benefits
Americannoun
Usage
What does benefits mean? Benefits are things that are good or advantages, as in One of the benefits of owning a bookstore is I always have something to read.Benefits also refer to items companies give employees beyond payment for work, such as paid vacation time, a pension plan, and discounts on gym memberships.Governments also offer its citizens benefits, usually in the form of money for specific situations or needs. You might receive unemployment benefits when you’re out of work and can’t find a job. A disabled person can receive disability benefits when they are unable to work or to work full time.Benefits are also public entertainment or theatrical events that raise money for charitable causes. Example: Free lunch is one of my company’s biggest benefits.
Example Sentences
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Coplan said the company has focused on the ethics of insider transactions, before adding that it was “sort of an inevitability that this will happen, and there’s a lot of benefits from it.”
From Barron's
Netflix itself, overly algorithmic, benefits from freestanding producers whose shows succeed by being, you know, good.
Many of them paid in — using fake Social Security numbers — but could not claim benefits when they retired.
From MarketWatch
"SoftBank, Nvidia, and Amazon are long-term partners who share our ambition to turn real scientific progress into systems that deliver meaningful benefits for people at global scale," OpenAI said in a statement.
From Barron's
Because my workplace does not pay into Social Security, I do not have nearly enough credits to receive Social Security benefits.
From MarketWatch
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