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Definition of beneficiary noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

beneficiary

noun
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/ˌbenɪˈfɪʃəri/
 
/ˌbenɪˈfɪʃieri/
(plural beneficiaries)
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  1.  
    beneficiary (of something) a person who gains as a result of something
    • Who will be the main beneficiary of the cuts in income tax?
  2. beneficiary (of something) a person who receives money or property when somebody dies
    • She was the sole beneficiary of her father’s will.
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin beneficiarius, from beneficium ‘favour, support’, from bene ‘well’ + facere ‘do’.
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