Benefactor vs. Beneficiary
Benefactornoun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Benefactornoun
One who confers a benefit or benefits.
Benefactornoun
a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
Beneficiarynoun
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
Beneficiarynoun
(legal) One who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate.
Beneficiarynoun
(insurance) One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
Beneficiaryadjective
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
Beneficiaryadjective
Bestowed as a gratuity.
Beneficiaryadjective
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
Beneficiaryadjective
Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts.
Beneficiarynoun
A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds.
Beneficiarynoun
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.
Beneficiarynoun
the recipient of funds or other benefits
Beneficiarynoun
the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Beneficiaryadjective
having or arising from a benefice;
Beneficiary
A beneficiary (also, in trust law, cestui que use) in the broadest sense is a natural person or other legal entity who receives money or other benefits from a benefactor. For example, the beneficiary of a life insurance policy is the person who receives the payment of the amount of insurance after the death of the insured.
