benefitbenefitbenefits1noun1(pluralbenefits) something that is good or helpful: What are the benefits of having a computer? I did it for your benefit (= to help you).2(no plural) (British) money that the government gives to people who are ill or poor or who do not have a job: housing benefitbenefitbenefitbenefitsbenefitedbenefittedbenefitingbenefitting2verb (benefits, benefiting, benefitedorbenefitting, benefitted)to be good or helpful for somebody: The new law will benefit families with children.benefit from somethingto get something good or useful from something: She will benefit from a holiday.