ADJ
- considerable, enormous, great, major, real, substantial
- This could bring real benefits for teachers
- maximum
- additional
- The scheme has many additional benefits
- fringe
- (= extra things that an employer gives as well as wages) The fringe benefits include free health insurance
- mutual
- The different environmental groups could work together to their mutual benefit
- potential
- long-term, short-term
- economic, environmental, financial, health, social
- tax
VERB + BENEFIT
- enjoy, have
- The motor industry will be one of the first to enjoy the benefits of the recovery. children who have the benefit of a stable home background
- derive, gain, get, obtain, reap, receive
- The company derived substantial benefit from the deal. I reaped the benefits of all my early training
- bring, offer, provide
- The new factory will bring considerable benefits to the area. This deal will offer major benefits to industrialists and investors
BENEFIT + VERB
- accrue
- the benefits that accrue from a good education
PREP
- for sb's ~
- We shall do this for the benefit of the patients
- of ~ to
- This arrangement will be of great benefit to you both
- to sb's ~
- It will be to everyone's benefit
- with/without the ~ of
- managing to work without the benefit of modern technology
- ~ for
- the benefits for companies
- ~ from
- the benefits from tourism
- ~ of
- the benefit of a steady income
- ~ to
- What are the benefits to investors?
ADJ
- welfare
- state
- means-tested, universal
- One way to cut spending is to move from universal benefits?those paid to everyone regardless of need?to means-tested ones
- cash
- child, housing, sickness, social security, unemployment
VERB + BENEFIT
- be eligible for, be entitled to, qualify for
- claim
- You may be able to claim housing benefit
- draw, get, receive
- He receives unemployment benefit
- be dependent on
- lose
- She is worried that if she takes on a job she will lose her benefits
- cut
- The government has cut unemployment benefit
- increase
BENEFIT + VERB
- be paid
- Benefit is paid monthly
BENEFIT + NOUN
- benefits agency
- office
- payment
- system
PREP
- on ~
- He's on social security benefit