Definition of 'beneficiary'

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beneficiary

(benɪfɪʃəri , US -ʃieri )

Word forms: plural beneficiaries

1. countable noun

Someone who is a beneficiary of something is helped by it.

There were many beneficiaries of this dramatic shift in Western politics. [+ of]

Synonyms: recipient, receiver, payee, assignee More Synonyms of beneficiary

2. countable noun

The beneficiaries of a will are legally entitled to receive money or property from someone when that person dies.

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beneficiary in British

(ˌbɛnɪˈfɪʃərɪ )

noun plural -ciaries

a person who gains or benefits in some way from something

2. law

a person entitled to receive funds or other property under a trust, will, or insurance policy

the holder of an ecclesiastical or other benefice

4. New Zealand

a person who receives government assistance

social security beneficiary

adjective

of or relating to a benefice or the holder of a benefice

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beneficiary in American

(ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃiˌɛri ; benˌəfishˈēerˌē; ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃəri ; benˌəfishˈərē)

adjective

of or holding a benefice

nounWord forms: plural ˌbeneˈficiˌaries

a holder of a benefice

anyone receiving benefit

a person named to receive the income or inheritance from a will, insurance policy, trust, etc.

5. Law

a person for whose benefit a trust has been created

Word origin of 'beneficiary'

L beneficiarius

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beneficiary in Insurance

(bɛnɪfɪʃiɛri)

Word forms: (plural) beneficiaries

noun

(Insurance: Life insurance)

A beneficiary of a life insurance policy is the person who receives the proceeds, often the widow or widower of the insured.

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The policy provides either a stated sum or a periodic income to your designated beneficiaries upon your death.

If death occurs within 10 years after the annuity payments begin, payments are continued to a named beneficiary for the remainder of the 10 years.

A beneficiary of a life insurance policy is the person who receives the proceeds, often the widow or widower of the insured.

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