Antonyms for benefits

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : ben-uh-fit

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛn ə fɪt

Definition of benefits

Origin : "financial support (especially for medical expenses) to which one is entitled through employment or membership," 1895, plural of benefit (n.).

noun advantage, profit
noun event to raise money
verb help, enhance

Example sentences :

As yet the good townsfolk are hardly alive to the benefits of a railway.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

The benefits belong to all who are baptized and believe, because God has said so.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

I am that only Folly that so readily and indifferently bestows my benefits on all.
Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus

I could make the wind blow, but, like other magicians, I could not share in its benefits.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Everything which benefits one of the halves benefits the other.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

As mentally she recounted her benefits, the strength there was in her arose, protesting.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

History has a cavalier way of recording the benefits of conquest.
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

I require the equality of salaries, the division of benefits, the glorification of the protectorate.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Now, after having taken me and overwhelmed me with benefits, you send me away.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

I am thinking only of their benefits to democracy, to right, and to civilization.
Extract from : « Latin America and the United States » by Elihu Root

Synonyms for benefits

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