Definition of "beneficiary" []

• One that receives a benefit: I am the beneficiary of your generosity. (noun)
• The recipient of funds, property, or other benefits, as from an insurance policy or will. (noun)
• Ecclesiastical The holder of a benefice. (noun)

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• "Tobits denied she ever signed the designation beneficiary form, according to court documents."
• "But the beneficiary is the subject of compulsion as well."
• "Finally, this was the first film festival at which I saw two films with scenes of assisted urination: one was I Don't Want To Sleep Alone; the other was Okamoto's Nikudan, in which the beneficiary is a kindly, armless used-book seller played by Chishu Ryu."