benefit

IPA: bˈɛnʌfɪt

An advantage; help or aid from something.
(insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
(obsolete) beneficence; liberality
Intended audience (as for the benefit of).

Examples of "benefit" in Sentences

Again, I guess I use the word benefit not as a positive word.
The long-term benefit is ensuring that America remains competitive in a global economy.
I guess the main benefit is the anonymity, but you could easily use Skype for that … unimpressive in my view.
(Hence, Williams is here using the term benefit to signify the manifestation of an adaptation at the group level.)
The main benefit is that insurance companies are able to press dentists to accept lower payments than cash-paying patients.
At least President Obama understands that America is not a theocracy, so that we may again benefit from the input of our best & brightest.
The main benefit is that writing this stuff down frees up brain space that was being used to hold it, and encourages/allows me to follow the idea to the next step.
The main benefit is that pragmatic adjudication will (arguably) have fewer bad results in individual cases, if only because seeking good results is precisely the objective of this approach.