benefit noun (ADVANTAGE)
B1 [C or U] a helpful or good effect, or something intended to help:
The discovery of oil brought many benefits to the town.
One of the many benefits of foreign travel is learning how to cope with the unexpected.
He's had the benefit of an expensive education and yet he continues to work as a waiter.
I didn't get/derive (much) benefit from school.
With the benefit of hindsight (= helped by the knowledge learned later) it is easy for us to see where we went wrong.
formal She drinks a lot less now, to the benefit of her health as a whole.