"benefits" meaning in All languages combined

See benefits on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: benefit [singular], benefits [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|benefit}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Benefits are extra things given to employees besides money, like health insurance or vacation time.
    Sense id: simple-benefits-en-noun-asopNFOT
  2. Benefits are help or support given by the government, like money or medical care, especially to people who need it because of age, lack of job, or health issues.
    Sense id: simple-benefits-en-noun-rUEL0sCt
  3. The plural form of benefit; more than one (kind of) benefit.
    Sense id: simple-benefits-en-noun-CdzYC46T Categories (other): Plurals

Verb [English]

Forms: benefited [past], benefited [past, participle], benefiting [present, participle], benefit [canonical], benefits [third-person, singular], benefitted [past], benefitted [past, participle], benefitting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|benefit}} [POS TABLE], {{verb|benefit|t}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The third-person singular form of benefit.
    Sense id: simple-benefits-en-verb-jDoSCXz6
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          "text": "They want big new government benefits like universal healthcare and free college."
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