benefit-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: help (or be helped by) someone or something

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP[agent] BENEFIT NP[recipient] NP[recipient] BENEFIT PP

Examples:
I have benefited greatly from her wisdom.
Your organization will benefit from a few of the many ways it pays to recycle.
How can we benefit those who need our help?
He says that the peace accord will benefit his country.
The research would benefit from an injection of new ideas.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: benefit.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: financially fund

Examples:
The series will benefit a Dance Scholarship Fund.
The party will benefit a dance center and a music school.
Your purchase will benefit a charity.
He asked for a small contribution to benefit a banquet fundraiser.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM