beneficiary
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- noun
- /ˌbɛnɪˈfɪʃiˌɛri/
- Specialized
:
beneficiario
- A similar change is also apparent in the current international emphasis on beneficiary-driven, participatory approaches.
- intended beneficiary
- unexpected beneficiary
- new beneficiary
Examples
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It seems you were the beneficiary of an accounting error we made.
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But perhaps the greatest beneficiaries of our employees' productivity are the customers.
Academic text (1996) -
The government is the beneficiary now.
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After the beneficiary agrees with the work plan, he or she begins to receive rehabilitation services.
Academic text (2007) -
The IAEA should be a primary beneficiary of this promising effort.
Academic text (2010) -
Moreover, the beneficiaries have little capacity to pay for the research.
Academic text (2001) -
We children, their beneficiaries, enjoyed learning to dance and perform in recitals, although practicing was another matter.
Academic text (1998) -
The Filipino military was not only the instrument of Marcos's rule but also one of its principal beneficiaries.
Academic text (2004) -
Some of the most important tools of 20th-century astronomy are spinoffs or beneficiaries of military research.
Academic text (1994) -
She was the beneficiary of her grandmother's will, inheriting the family home.
Synonyms
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A person or organization that gets something
A person or thing that benefits from an action in a sentence
A person or animal that receives something in a sentence
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Beneficiary keeps the same idea in grammar: it names the person who gets the benefit of an action, like the 'him' in 'She baked him a cake'. So a beneficiary in a sentence is the person who is helped or who receives the result of the action.