beneficiary
- a person or group that receives benefits, profits, or advantages.
- a person designated as the recipient of funds or other property under a will, trust, insurance policy, etc.
- Ecclesiastical. the holder of a benefice.
Origin of beneficiary
Related Words for beneficiary
heir, recipient, possessor, receiver, successor, payee, inheritor, devisee, grantee, donee, assignee, stipendiary, legatee, heiressExamples from the Web for beneficiary
Contemporary Examples of beneficiary
McDonnell was poised to be the beneficiary of a bidding war among the biggest law firms.
In 2014, Facebook has become an avatar, promoter, and beneficiary of the social media-related bubble.
Clinton knows something about comebacks, and if Obama can recover, Hillary is the beneficiary.
Smith is the beneficiary of an online poll the Club for Growth launched at the website primarymycongressman.com.
Molex has been a beneficiary of the boom in electronics and device manufacturing that has been led in part by Apple.
Historical Examples of beneficiary
Why, then, should privileges be conceded to one beneficiary which are denied to all others?
The Railroad QuestionWilliam Larrabee
And to give help you must, first of all, ‘inquire within’—within your beneficiary.
Dr. SevierGeorge W. Cable
It did not intoxicate, but still further sobered, the beneficiary.
The Life of Napoleon BonaparteWilliam Milligan Sloane
The beneficiary was also to carry the sick man to a doctor and to pay all of his debts.
Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699Thomas P. Hughes
And at last a third newspaper announced the name of the beneficiary of the playH.
Old MoleGilbert Cannan
beneficiary
- a person who gains or benefits in some way from something
- law a person entitled to receive funds or other property under a trust, will, or insurance policy
- the holder of an ecclesiastical or other benefice
- NZ a person who receives government assistancesocial security beneficiary
- of or relating to a benefice or the holder of a benefice
Word Origin and History for beneficiary
1610s (n.), 1620s (adj.), probably via French bénéficiaire, from Latin beneficiarius "enjoying a favor, privileged," from beneficium (see benefice).
beneficiary
The recipient of funds, property, or other benefits from an insurance policy, will, trust, or other settlement.