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beneficiary

/ˌbenɪˈfɪʃəri/

B1CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

The foreign national on whose behalf an immigration petition or application is made.

The beneficiary of the visa petition was required to attend a consular interview abroad.

Topic: Immigration law in Legal English

Business noun

The person designated to receive the proceeds of a policy on the occurrence of the insured event.

He named his two children as equal beneficiaries under the life policy.

Topic: Insurance & risk in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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