incidental benefit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincidentalandbenefit
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incidental
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.sɪˈden.təl/us/ˌɪn.sɪˈden.t̬əl/
less important than the thing something is connected with or ...
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benefit
noun
uk/ˈben.ɪ.fɪt/us/ˈben.ə.fɪt/
a helpful or good effect, or something intended ...
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(Definition ofincidentalandbenefitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Anincidentalbenefitwould be better knowledge of house prices in particular areas.
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Therefore, there is thatincidentalbenefitto be derived from a better night noise regime.
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According to paragraph 38 of the report theincidentalbenefitof doing away with juries is that trials are shortened, so enabling more cases to be dealt with.
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When maturities are shortened and credits are repaid more quickly, that does of course have theincidentalbenefitof making more money available for new commitments in the short run.
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But that is only anincidentalbenefit.
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Lawsuits being unavailing, the telephone companies converted to balanced circuits, which had theincidentalbenefitof reducing attenuation, hence increasing range.
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The penetration forces, if recorded, give information about the strength of different depths in the material, which may be the only information required, with samples as anincidentalbenefit.
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The introduction of the policy had some incidental benefits.
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There are, of course, these incidental benefits of living in the country which supplement the money wage of the agricultural worker.
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There is consequently great expectation, not only of employment but of other incidental benefits, from the board's investment of £80 million.
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The incidental benefits of these associations are rather harder to measure as by their rather indirect nature they are more difficult to discern.
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One of the incidental benefits of television is that it has brought the outside world into people's drawing roms.
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We all share the direct benefits of our public services, and we could share more evenly the incidental benefits, such as employment.
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But one cannot justify maintaining voluntary bodies organised and trained for service in war for the sole purpose of the incidental benefits which result from their existence in peace.
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