bénéfice
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French
Alternative forms
- bénef (clipping)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French benefice (attested since 1198), borrowed from Latin beneficium.
Pronunciation
Noun
bénéfice m (plural bénéfices)
- profit, earning
- 1856, Eugène Bonnemère, Histoire des paysans, depuis la fin du moyen âge jusqu'à nos jours : 1200-1850 [History of peasants, from the end of the Middle Ages to our own times: 1200-1850], volume 2, Paris: F. Chamerot, page 447:
- Souvent deux familles prennent une ferme indivise, et les bénéfices sont partagés proportionnellement au nombre d’enfants et aux services qu’ils rendent.
- Two families often set up an undivided farm, and the profits are shared in proportion to the number of children and to the work they do.
- benefit, advantage
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Further reading
- “bénéfice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.