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利益 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • benefit noun An advantage, gain, or help that comes from something.
  • interest noun A feeling of wanting to know more about something or pay attention to it.
  • profit noun The financial gain made after subtracting costs from revenue.
  • profitable adj Producing a financial profit.
  • return verb To come or go back to a place, or to give something back to its owner.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.
  • yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.

Senses

利益 is used for these senses in English:

  • benefit An advantage; help or aid from something.
  • interest (countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.
  • profit (dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.
  • return Gain or loss from an investment.
  • take Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
  • yield The quantity of something produced.

benefit — full definition

  1. noun An advantage, gain, or help that comes from something.
  2. noun A payment provided under an insurance policy or government support scheme.
  3. verb To gain an advantage; to be helped by something.

interest — full definition

  1. noun A feeling of wanting to know more about something or pay attention to it.
  2. noun Money charged or earned on a loan or savings, calculated as a percentage of the amount involved.
  3. noun A stake, share, or legal claim in something, especially a business or property.
  4. verb To make someone want to know more about something or pay attention to it.

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