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confer a benefit — index serve (assist) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
benefit — Synonyms and related words: abet, absolute interest, account, act of grace, act of kindness, advance, advantage, aid, allowances, ameliorate, answer, assist, assistance, avail, bail out, be handy, be of use, be right, bear a hand, befit,… … Moby Thesaurus
confer — ► VERB (conferred, conferring) 1) grant (a title, degree, benefit, or right). 2) have discussions. DERIVATIVES conferment noun conferral noun. ORIGIN Latin conferre bring together … English terms dictionary
benefit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 advantage ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, great, huge, immense, major, real, significant, substantial, tremendous … Collocations dictionary
Benefit society — A benefit society or mutual aid society is an organization or voluntary association formed to provide mutual aid, benefit or insurance for relief from sundry difficulties. Such organizations may be formally organized with charters and established … Wikipedia
confer — 01. The Russian President flew to Washington this morning to [confer] with the American President on the crisis developing in the Middle East. 02. I ll need to [confer] with my supervisor before I can allow that. 03. Not everyone could make it to … Grammatical examples in English
confer — verb Confer is used with these nouns as the object: ↑benefit, ↑citizenship, ↑degree, ↑diploma, ↑grace, ↑honour, ↑immortality, ↑immunity, ↑power, ↑prestige, ↑status, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
confer something on — grant (a title, degree, benefit, or right). → confer … English new terms dictionary
confer — [kən fə:] verb (confers, conferring, conferred) 1》 (often confer something on) grant (a title, degree, benefit, or right). 2》 have discussions. Derivatives conferment noun conferrable adjective … English new terms dictionary
benefit — I. n. 1. Favor, service, act of kindness, good turn, kind office. 2. Advantage, profit, avail, gain, good, utility, behalf, behoof, account, interest. II. v. a. 1. Befriend, help, serve, do good to, be useful to, advance the interest of, confer a … New dictionary of synonyms
