Benefit
(n.) An act of kindness |
Benefit
(n.) Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property |
Benefit
(n.) A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use. |
Benefit
(n.) Beneficence |
Benefit
(n.) Natural advantages |
Benefit
(v. t.) To be beneficial to |
Benefit
(v. i.) To gain advantage |
First-rate
(a.) Of the highest excellence |
First-rate
(n.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class. |
Flat
(superl.) Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions |
Flat
(superl.) Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground |
Flat
(superl.) Wanting relief |
Flat
(superl.) Tasteless |
Flat
(superl.) Unanimated |
Flat
(superl.) Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings |
Flat
(superl.) Clear |
Flat
(superl.) Below the true pitch |
Flat
(superl.) Not sharp or shrill |
Flat
(superl.) Sonant |
Flat
(adv.) In a flat manner |
Flat
(adv.) Without allowance for accrued interest. |
Flat
(n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences |
Flat
(n.) A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide |
Flat
(n.) Something broad and flat in form |
Flat
(n.) A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught. |
Flat
(n.) A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned. |
Flat
(n.) A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides |
Flat
(n.) A platform on wheel, upon which emblematic designs, etc., are carried in processions. |
Flat
(n.) The flat part, or side, of anything |
Flat
(n.) A floor, loft, or story in a building |
Flat
(n.) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein |
Flat
(n.) A dull fellow |
Flat
(n.) A character [/] before a note, indicating a tone which is a half step or semitone lower. |
Flat
(n.) A homaloid space or extension. |
Flat
(v. t.) To make flat |
Flat
(v. t.) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless |
Flat
(v. t.) To depress in tone, as a musical note |
Flat
(v. i.) To become flat, or flattened |
Flat
(v. i.) To fall form the pitch. |
Flat-bottomed
(a.) Having an even lower surface or bottom |
Flat-cap
(n.) A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere |
Flat foot
() A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground |
Flat-footed
(a.) Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep. |
Flat-footed
(a.) Firm-footed |
Flat-headed
(a.) Having a head with a flattened top |
Rate
(v. t. & i.) To chide with vehemence |
Rate
(n.) Established portion or measure |
Rate
(n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion |
Rate
(n.) Valuation |
Rate
(n.) A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value |
supplementary benefit
social assistance
national assistance | benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law |
| benefit of clergy | sanction by a religious rite, they are living together without benefit of clergy |
apartment
flat | a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house |
B-flat clarinet
licorice stick | the ordinary clarinet with a middle range |
cloth cap
flat cap | a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak |
| cold-water flat | an apartment without modern conveniences |
| coulisse wing flat | a flat situated in the wings |
| flat | scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas, part of a stage setting |
| flat flat tire | a deflated pneumatic tire |
| flat | a shallow box in which seedlings are started |
flat arch
straight arch | an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados |
| flat bench | a bench on which a weightlifter lies to do exercises |
flatcar
flatbed flat | freight car without permanent sides or roof |
flat coat
ground
primer priming primer coat
priming coat
undercoat | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
| flat file | a file with two flat surfaces |
flat panel display
FPD | a type of video display that is thin and flat, commonly used in laptop computers |
| flat tip screwdriver | a screwdriver with a flat wedge-shaped tip that fits into a slot in the head of a screw |
flatwork
flat wash | ironing that can be done mechanically |
| railroad flat | an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them |
reef knot
flat knot | a square knot used in a reef line |
| sheet flat solid | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
| pace rate | the relative speed of progress or change, he lived at a fast pace, he works at a great rate, the pace of events accelerated |
benefit
welfare | something that aids or promotes well-being, for the benefit of all |
bargain rate
cheapness
cut rate
cut price | a price below the standard price |
| cost-benefit analysis | an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs |
tribute album
benefit album | concept album compiling a performer's work or work supporting some worthy cause |
| flat | a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named |
| double flat | a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones |
| benefit | a performance to raise money for a charitable cause |
| benefit concert | a concert given for the benefit of some charitable cause |
| flat bone | part of the sirloin next to the wedge bone |
| Postal Rate Commission | an independent federal agency that recommends changes in postal rates |
| mud flat | a tract of low muddy land near an estuary, covered at high tide and exposed at low tide |
alluvial flat
alluvial plain | a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water |
| flat | a level tract of land, the salt flats of Utah |
salt flat
salt plain | a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water |
| flat-topped white aster | a variety of aster |
flat pea narrow-leaved everlasting pea
Lathyrus sylvestris | European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink, sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure |
| flat pea Platylobium formosum | evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings, Australia and Tasmania |
common flat pea
native holly
Playlobium obtusangulum | low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods |
Italian parsley
flat-leaf parsley
Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum | a variety of parsley having flat leaves |
pay rate
rate of pay | amount of money received per unit time, women's pay rate is lower than men's |
payment rate
rate of payment
repayment rate
installment rate | the amount of money paid out per unit time |
| benefit | financial assistance in time of need |
| cost-of-living benefit | a benefit that goes to anyone whose money receipts increase automatically as prices rise |
| death benefit | insurance or pension money payable to a beneficiary of a deceased |
| advance death benefit | a percentage of death benefits paid directly to policy holders having a short life expectancy (usually months) |
| disability benefit | insurance benefits paid in case of disability |
sick benefit
sickness benefit | money paid (by the government) to someone who is too ill to work |
fringe benefit
perquisite
perk | an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right), a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job |