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Definition of: beneficial
(ben′ə·fish′əl) adjective
1. Benefiting or tending to benefit; conferring benefits; advantageous; helpful.
2. Law Entitled to receive the income of an estate without its title, custody, or control; as, a beneficial interest in land. [<F bénéficial <LL beneficialis <beneficium favor]
—ben′e·fi′cial·ly adverb
—ben′e·fi′cial·ness noun
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