beneficiaries
Sayben-uh-FISH-uh-reezUS/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ɚ.iz/UK/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əɹ.iz/
- 1Plural of beneficiary.
The trust names three beneficiaries who will inherit equal shares.
Several beneficiaries challenged the executor's handling of the estate.
Note
A regular plural, made the way English handles a consonant plus y: the y becomes -ies, as in party, parties. Only the noun takes it. Beneficiary is also an adjective, describing an office or possession held under a feudal superior, and adjectives have no plural. So beneficiaries always means people: heirs under a trust or estate, or those an insurance policy pays.
beneficiaries is a form of beneficiary
beneficiary, noun: A person or group that benefits or receives an advantage from an action, decision, or situation. Full entry
- Forms
- beneficiarybeneficiaries plural
- Spelling
- beneficiary → beneficiaries: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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