overall benefit

collocation in English

meaningsofoverallandbenefit

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withbenefit.
overall
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːl/
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group ...
See more atoverall
benefit
noun
uk
/ˈben.ɪ.fɪt/us
/ˈben.ə.fɪt/
a helpful or good effect, or something intended ...
See more atbenefit

(Definition ofoverallandbenefitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverall benefit

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Doing so violates this principle even if the imposition delivers anoverallbenefitto the affected person.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Likewise, assessor ratings indicated that children from families participating in the clinician-facilitated intervention exhibited moreoverallbenefitthan did children in the lecture condition.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Note that the capital transfers do not necessarily result in anoverallbenefitfor the compensated party.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Does this mean that she should not be able to seek compensation for the burdens that are ineliminable aspects of thisoverallbenefit?
From theCambridge English Corpus
Overallbenefitof two opportunities - percent correctly repeated words per sentence.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Feinberg suggests that the bestowal of anoverallbenefitexplains the rescuer's immunity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There will in any case be nooverallbenefitsavings.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The personal allowance for long-term in-patients must be seen in the context of theoverallbenefitrules for people going into hospital.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The scheme will provide a significantoverallbenefitin terms of noise, air and water quality, lighting and landscaping.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It has the advantage that theoverallbenefitsystem will be easier to understand.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Oneoverallbenefitfrom my proposal would go much wider than the benefit that would accrue to future pensioners and the pension system.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If changes can be achieved culturally in that domain, there would be anoverallbenefitto the economy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In general transitional protection will be paid to existing supplementary benefit recipients, whereoverallbenefitentitlement under income support would otherwise decrease.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Most successful manufacturing nations have governments which have developed a partnership with industry to theoverallbenefitof the nation as a whole.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This summarised the results of previous field-based research, and concluded that organic regimes showed anoverallbenefitfor biodiversity at the farm level.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This joint strategy on applications must be seen in the context ofoverallbenefitand the importance of space science.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Theoverallbenefitin increased security very much outweighs the cost.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There are also further potential savings of £12.3 million from referrals being currently investigated, which shows a potentialoverallbenefitsaving in the region of £35.5 million.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The amounts included now form part of theoverallbenefitlevels, which are of course being uprated next month.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofoverall
Go to the definition ofbenefit
See other collocations withbenefit