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beneficiary

[ US /ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃiˌɛɹi/ ]
[ UK /bˌɛnɪfˈɪʃəɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. the recipient of funds or other benefits
  2. the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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
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