beneficiary
- noun
- /ˌbɛnɪˈfɪʃiˌɛri/
- My brother is the beneficiary of our parents' life insurance policy.
- sole beneficiary
- primary beneficiaries
- intended beneficiaries
So you mean the net beneficiaries of tax spending?
- So you mean the net beneficiaries of tax spending?
- And then if you have certain trusts in place where the beneficiary of those trusts is the foundation, you can literally avoid all taxes legally.
- GRANTOR so that they can leave assets like real estate investments, life insurance policies, etcetera to someone else, AKA the beneficiary.
- This person over here the, the, the beneficiary is dependent.
- So I am a beneficiary of the new World Information order.
- So the biggest beneficiary in my opinion is actually NVIDIA.
- And to this day, we are the beneficiaries.
- NVIDIA is the poster child, you know, the prime beneficiary.
- Now, I should say here that the folks who are beneficiaries of this rent may not see it as rent, right.
- I I like I was the beneficiary of, you know, the illusion of state backed power.
Examples
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Yes.And the beneficiary of that policy was Max Tolin, the owner of the store?
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We have to be educated into the fact that we are the lucky beneficiaries of data.
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So I am a beneficiary of the new World Information order.
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But like the primary beneficiary was me.
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For all I know, he changed the beneficiary when we broke up.
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I was the beneficiary on one, and my mother was on the other.
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I'm adding you as the sole beneficiary to my will.
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Did you know that you were the sole beneficiary of your husband's will?
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Countless women and girls have been the beneficiaries of his care.
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You are aware, of course, that you are a key beneficiary in Linnet Doyle's will.
Synonyms
A person who is allowed by law or a will to receive someone's property after they die
A person or group that officially receives something such as money, rights, property
A person who receives money or a gift, often from a trust
Compounds
- Specialized
A person who shares a benefit from a will, insurance policy, or trust
- Formal
A legal relationship where one person must act in another person's best interest
How Official
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Beneficiary comes from the Latin beneficium, made of bene 'well' and facere 'to do', and is related to the common word benefit. So a beneficiary is someone who receives something good or help, for example money from a will or an insurance policy.