单词 | beneficiary |
释义 | beneficiary (once / 2746 pages) 1n 2n 3adj A beneficiary is simply the recipient of money or other benefits. So when your big sister finally moves away to college and you get to move into her bigger bedroom? You become a lucky beneficiary. In other words — if you benefit from something, you are a beneficiary. This word pops up most commonly when people are creating their wills and trusts — you have to choose beneficiaries as the people who will get what you have when you die. But it isn't always so morbid. You can be the beneficiary of someone's kindness, the beneficiary of a good education, or even the beneficiary of your own hard work. WORD FAMILYbeneficiary: beneficiaries, co-beneficiary+/benefice: beneficed, benefices, beneficiary/beneficed: unbeneficed USAGE EXAMPLESWe are simply beneficiaries of their good graces, and prisoners of their rages. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Finally, they are aimed at multiple parts of the progressive base and designed to mobilize beneficiaries to protect the benefits they enjoy. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) It also allowed states to expand Medicaid eligibility, with the federal government paying most of the cost for new beneficiaries. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 n the recipient of funds or other benefits 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper donee co-beneficiary one of two or more beneficiaries of the same benefit deviseesomeone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will legateesomeone to whom a legacy is bequeathed pensionary, pensionerthe beneficiary of a pension fund old-age pensioneran old person who receives an old-age pension receiver, recipient a person who receives something n the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause 3Syn|Hyper benefactive role participant role, semantic role (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause adj having or arising from a benefice a beneficiary baron |
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