beneficiary

1. a. Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. Source: opted

2. a. Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts. Source: opted

3. n. A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds. Source: opted

4. n. One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate. Source: opted

5. adj. having or arising from a benefice Source: wordnet

6. n. the recipient of funds or other benefits Source: wordnet

7. n. the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause Source: wordnet

8. 1. Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. A feudatory or beneficiary king of England. Bacon. 2. Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts. 1. A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds. Ayliffe. 2. One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate. The rich men will be offering sacrifice to their Deity whose beneficiaries they are. Jer. Taylor. Source: webster

9. n:100 n. the recipient of funds or other benefits a. having or arising from a benefice Source: ecdict

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