Associations to the word «Beneficiary»

Wiktionary

BENEFICIARY, noun. One who benefits or receives an advantage.
BENEFICIARY, noun. (legal) One who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate.
BENEFICIARY, adjective. Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
BENEFICIARY, adjective. Bestowed as a gratuity.

Dictionary definition

BENEFICIARY, noun. The recipient of funds or other benefits.
BENEFICIARY, noun. The semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause.
BENEFICIARY, adjective. Having or arising from a benefice; "a beneficiary baron".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King