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• benefit of doubt — index compurgation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• benefit — ► NOUN 1) advantage or profit. 2) a payment made by the state or an insurance scheme to someone entitled to receive it, e.g. an unemployed person. 3) a public performance to raise money for a charity. ► VERB (benefited or benefitted, benefiting… …   English terms dictionary

• Doubt (2008 film) — Doubt US Theatrical release poster Directed by John Patrick Shanley Produced by …   Wikipedia

• benefit — ben|e|fit1 W1S3 [ˈbenıfıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(advantage)¦ 2¦(money from government)¦ 3¦(extra things)¦ 4 give somebody the benefit of the doubt 5 with the benefit of hindsight/experience 6 benefit concert/performance/match ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; :… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• benefit — [[t]be̱nɪfɪt[/t]] ♦♦ benefits, benefiting, benefited (The forms benefitting and benefitted are also used.) 1) N VAR: oft N of n The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it. Each family farms… …   English dictionary

• doubt — I n. 1) to raise (a) doubt (her proposal raised serious doubts in my mind) 2) to cast doubt on 3) to feel doubt; to entertain, harbor doubts about 4) to express, voice (a) doubt 5) to dispel, resolve a doubt 6) a deep, serious, strong; gnawing;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• doubt — 1 /daUt/ noun 1 UNCERTAIN FEELING (C, U) a feeling or feelings of being uncertain about something (+ about/as to): Maisie expressed private doubts about Lawrence s sanity. (+ whether/who/what etc): There s no doubt who was responsible for this… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• doubt — [[t]da͟ʊt[/t]] ♦♦ doubts, doubting, doubted 1) N VAR: oft N about/as to n, N that If you have doubt or doubts about something, you feel uncertain about it and do not know whether it is true or possible. If you say you have no doubt about it, you… …   English dictionary

• Benefit of the Doubt — Infobox Film name = Benefit of the Doubt image size = caption = Screenshot director = Peter Whitehead producer = writer = narrator = starring = Peter Brook Michael Kustow Michael Williams music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released …   Wikipedia

• benefit — I n. 1) to derive, get, reap (a) benefit from 2) a death; fringe; sickness (BE); tax benefit 3) to be of benefit to 4) for smb. s benefit 5) (misc.) to give smb. the benefit of the doubt; without benefit of clergy II v. (D; intr.) to benefit from …   Combinatory dictionary

• benefit — n. & v. n. 1 a favourable or helpful factor or circumstance; advantage, profit. 2 (often in pl.) payment made under insurance or social security (sickness benefit). 3 a public performance or game of which the proceeds go to a particular player or …   Useful english dictionary