beneficiary:
(plural: ‘beneficiaries‘)
a beneficiary (L) receiving money from a benefactor (R)
a person who gets/receives some help or money or property left by somebody; a donee;
a person who receives money from an insurance policy or a will left by some relatives;
(in some countries, especially in New Zealand) a person who receives financial support from the government,
George, aged 80, is the only living beneficiary of his great-grandfather’s fortune.
It’s thrilling to learn that there is about 1.3 billion dollars unclaimed money in the State Treasury of the Unites States of America for the unknown beneficiaries to go forward and claim for their shares!
A beneficiary is the one who receives or benefits from others, and a benefactor is the one who gives or helps others.
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