Dictionary Entry
beneficiary
beneficiary is a 11-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 23 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
- 2adjective
Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts.
- 3noun
A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds.
- 4noun
One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate.
- 5noun
the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
- 6noun
the recipient of funds or other benefits
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- 7adjective
having or arising from a benefice
"a beneficiary baron"
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