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benefit British & World English

an advantage or profit gained from something

cost–benefit British & World English

relating to or denoting a process that assesses the relation between the cost of an undertaking and the value of the resulting benefits

child benefit British & World English

(in the UK) regular payment by the state to the parents of a child up to a certain age

death benefit British & World English

the amount paid to a beneficiary upon the death of an insured person

sick benefit British & World English

short for sickness benefit.

benefit society British & World English

another term for friendly society.

benefit tourist British & World English

a person who travels to or within Britain in order to live off social security payments while untruthfully claiming to be seeking work

fringe benefit British & World English

an extra benefit supplementing an employee’s money wage or salary, for example a company car, private health care, etc.

social benefit British & World English

a benefit payable under a social security system

incapacity benefit British & World English

(in the UK) a state benefit paid to people who are unable to work due to illness or disability for a period of more than twenty-eight consecutive weeks

sickness benefit British & World English

(in the UK) benefit paid weekly by the state to an individual for sickness which interrupts paid employment

benefit of clergy in benefit British & World English

exemption of the English clergy and nuns from the jurisdiction of the ordinary civil courts, granted in the Middle Ages but abolished in 1827

supplementary benefit British & World English

(in the UK) a weekly allowance formerly paid by the state to those with an income below a certain level, now replaced by income support

unemployment benefit (also unemployment compensation) British & World English

payment made by the state or, in the US, a trade union, to an unemployed person

for the benefit of in benefit British & World English

in order to help or be useful to

defined benefit plan (also defined benefit pension plan) British & World English

a company pension plan in which an employee’s pension payments are calculated according to length of service and the salary they earned at the time of retirement

the benefit of the doubt in benefit British & World English

a concession that a person or fact must be regarded as correct or justified, if the contrary has not been proven

defined benefit pension plan in defined benefit plan (also defined benefit pension plan) British & World English

a company pension plan in which an employee’s pension payments are calculated according to length of service and the salary they earned at the time of retirement

benefit English-French

avantage m

benefit English-Italian

vantaggio m

benefit1 English-Spanish

beneficio, bien

benefit2 English-Spanish

beneficiar

child benefit English-Italian

assegni mpl familiari

maternity benefit English-German

Mutterschaftsgeld

sickness benefit English-Italian

sussidio m di malattia

unemployment benefit English-German

Arbeitslosengeld

unemployment benefit English-Italian

sussidio m di disoccupazione

unemployment benefit in benefit English-German

Arbeitslosenunterstützung

to give sb the benefit of the doubt in benefit English-French

accorder à qn le bénéfice du doute

to be on benefit(s) in benefit English-French

toucher les allocations

with (the benefit of) hindsight in hindsight English-French

avec le recul, rétrospectivement

be of benefit to sb./sth. in benefit English-German

jmdm./einer Sache von Nutzen sein

to give sb the benefit of the doubt in benefit1 English-Spanish

darle* a algn el beneficio de la duda