benefits

Noun

Singular benefit

Plural benefits

1. (uncountable) (plural only) Benefits are extra things given to employees besides money, like health insurance or vacation time.

   Workers are receiving better wages and benefits now.

2. (uncountable) (plural only) Benefits are help or support given by the government, like money or medical care, especially to people who need it because of age, lack of job, or health issues.

   They want big new government benefits like universal healthcare and free college.

3. The plural form of benefit; more than one (kind of) benefit.

Verb

Plain form benefit

Third-person singular benefits

Past tense benefited

Past participle benefited

Present participle benefiting

Plain form benefit

Third-person singular benefits

Past tense benefitted

Past participle benefitted

Present participle benefitting

1. The third-person singular form of benefit.