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US
/ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃiˌɛɹi/
]
[ UK /bˌɛnɪfˈɪʃəɹi/ ]
[ UK /bˌɛnɪfˈɪʃəɹi/ ]
NOUN
- the recipient of funds or other benefits
- the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
ADJECTIVE
-
having or arising from a benefice
a beneficiary baron
How To Use beneficiary In A Sentence
- : The British prime minister's race may have gone to a US-style debate system, with Lib Dem insurgent Nick Clegg the main beneficiary, but can you imagine any American presidential candidate admitting that he had read Waiting for Godot a hundred times (much less writing a newspaper essay celebrating it)? News Junkies
- There are many horror stories about an ex-spouse getting the proceeds of a big life insurance policy or the accidental disinheritance of a child because the owner never changed the beneficiary," Norfolk warns. How To Protect Your Spouse Financially After You're Gone
- The second beneficiary, the Suffolk Accident Rescue Service, relies totally on charitable donations for its desperately-needed equipment.
- You are precluded from doing that in a Sipp, because you are a beneficiary and, as such, must manage it on an arm's-length basis.
- It did not really occur to them that a speaker might rise to become the ultimate beneficiary on the impeachment of the governor and his deputy.
- The main political beneficiary is the Green Party, which political analysts say is eating into Ms. Merkel's middle-class base. Stuttgart Rails Against Station Revamp
- The main beneficiary of it was the agricultural worker and the principal loser the landowner.
- When the donor died the home help produced a will, signed six months earlier, making her a significant beneficiary and sole executor. Times, Sunday Times
- Track cycling was always going to be a beneficiary of this policy. Times, Sunday Times
- Who, you innocently ask, might be the beneficiary of this? Times, Sunday Times