{
    "term": "beneficiary",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who gains as a result of something",
            "sensetop": "beneficiary (of something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Who will be the main beneficiary of the cuts in income tax?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who receives money or property when somebody dies",
            "sensetop": "beneficiary (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was the sole beneficiary of her father’s will."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌbenɪˈfɪʃəri/",
                "audio": "be/beneficiary/beneficiary__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌbenɪˈfɪʃieri/",
                "audio": "be/beneficiary/beneficiary__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin beneficiarius, from beneficium ‘favour, support’, from bene ‘well’ + facere ‘do’."
}