beneficiary meaning

• Noun: beneficiary  `benu'fishee`eree [N. Amer], `benu'fishuree [Brit]
  1. The recipient of funds or other benefits
     - donee 
  2. The semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
     - benefactive role
  Adjective: beneficiary  `benu'fishee`eree [N. Amer], `benu'fishuree [Brit]
  1. Having or arising from a benefice
     "a beneficiary baron"

  Derived forms: beneficiaries

  See also: benefice

  Type of: participant role, receiver, recipient, semantic role

  Encyclopedia: Beneficiary

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  [Business]
  AmE / noun [C] (plural beneficiaries)

  1

  a person who gains an advantage as a result of sth:

  Who will be the main beneficiary of the cuts in income tax?

  2 (Law )

  a person who receives money or property when sb dies:

  She is the sole beneficiary under her father's will.

  3 (Law )

  the person that a trust keeps and looks after property or money for ⇨ TRUSTEE

  4 (Finance )

  a person or company that receives a payment of money:

  the beneficiary of a cheque

  In order to transfer the funds you will need to know the beneficiary account number and bank code.

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  [Economics]
  1) A person for whose benefit a trust exists.

  2) A person who benefits under a will.

  3) A person who receives money from the proceeds of a letter of credit.

  4) A person who receives payment at the conclusion of a transaction, e.g. a retailer who has been paid by a customer by means of a credit card.

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  [Finance]
  Term used to refer to the person who receives the benefits of a trust or the recipient of the proceeds of a life insurance policy.

[Law]
n. 1. A person entitled to benefit from a trust. The beneficiary holds a beneficial interest in the property of which a trustee holds the legal interest. A beneficiary was formerly known as the cestui que trust.
2. One who benefits from a will.

• beneficiary, primary | beneficiary | primary | primary beneficiary |:    [Law]BENEFICIARY, ...
• beneficiary, secondary | beneficiary | secondary | secondary beneficiary |:    [Law]BENEFICIARY, ...
• co-beneficiary:    Noun: co-beneficia ...

Examples

1. the projections show that the main beneficiaries of unilateral liberalization are the liberalizers themselves.
2. the preference schemes appear also to erode the interest of their beneficiaries in promoting general trade liberalization.
3. such undertakings shall neither be amended nor cancelled without the agreement of the issuing bank, the confirming bank and the beneficiary.
4. buddha gate disciples have been the beneficiaries
5. position : stand by side and face the beneficiary