Word Meanings - BENEFITER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a benefit.

BENEFIT SOCIETY
A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly society in Great Britain.
BENEFITER
One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a benefit.
BENEFIT
Natural advantaged; endowments; accomplishments. "The benefits of your own country." Shak. Benefit of clergy. See under Clergy. Syn. -- Profit; service; use; avail. See Advantage. (more info) L. benefactum; bene well + factum, p. p. of 1.