A mutual aid organization, with subscribers entitled to benefit payments in case of an accident or an illness.

plural of benefit corporation

(US) A kind of corporate entity that seeks to have a positive impact on society and environment in addition to making profit.

(UK, law, historical) A legal provision by which clergymen (and, later, anybody who could read) could claim that they were outside the jurisdiction of the secular courts and be tried instead in an ecclesiastical court under canon law.

A benefit received in addition to the normal benefits of holding a job, or, by extension, any relationship to the source of the benefit.

plural of benefit club

plural of benefit society

A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labour unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, etc. and for the expenses of burial.

(often in the plural) Money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work.

(finance, economics) A methodology to help appraise or assess the case for a project or proposal, by estimating the net cost or benefit of the project of proposal. / Any comparison of costs and benefits.