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beneficiary Definition


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beneficiary
noun beneficiaries
    1. A person who benefits from something.
    2a. law.
      A person who is entitled to estate or interest held for them by trustees;
    2b. law.
      A person who receives property or money, etc in a will, or benefits under an insurance policy, etc. Also as adj.
      Thesaurus: recipient, heir, heiress, inheritor, stipendiary, successor, legatee, pensioner; Antonym: donor, giver.
Etymology: 17c.



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